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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 battleplay

  Familiarity information: BATTLE-SCARRED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BATTLE-SCARRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Scarred by battle

Similar:

injured (harmed)


 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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