scab
Example Sentences
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Apples are also among the most heavily treated fruits, with pesticides used in particular to fight apple scab, the main fungal threat to orchards.
From Barron's
Except the fall wasn’t that bad, and it’s already scabbed over.
From Literature
It’s like this family can’t stop picking at me like some itchy scab.
From Literature
The main feature is an itchy, spotty rash which blisters then scabs over.
From BBC
Some companies called on state militia and federal troops to put down uprisings and hired private security forces to protect so-called scabs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
