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View definitions for scab

scab

noun as in fink

noun as in flake

noun as in mange

noun as in scar

verb as in flake

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Example Sentences

Late last week, Baez was successful in scratching the ugly scab of Anthony family dysfunction.

The vesicles dry gradually, and between the fourteenth and twentieth days the scab falls off, leaving a pitted scar.

Across his back there was a furrow through his fur, and a long scab where a bullet had raked him.

I think the colonial surgeons call the disease the "bush scab;" and that it is occasioned by a filthy mode of life.

These continue for a short time, break, discharge their matter, and are followed by a blackish scab.

There is not the least bit of sense in belonging to a union if you are to become a "scab" when you go to the ballot-box.

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On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scab, such as: layer, skin, surface, band, bloom, and border.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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