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BATTLE-SCARRED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle-scarred mean?
• BATTLE-SCARRED (adjective)
The adjective BATTLE-SCARRED has 1 sense:
1. scarred by battle
Familiarity information: BATTLE-SCARRED used as an adjective is very rare.
Context examples
They arrived because they were Carlyle's battle-scarred giants who will not be kept down.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Then an old wolf, gaunt and battle-scarred, came forward.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
By evening Perrault secured another dog, an old husky, long and lean and gaunt, with a battle-scarred face and a single eye which flashed a warning of prowess that commanded respect.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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