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scar

noun as in blemish from previous injury or illness

verb as in mark, hurt

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One had scars on his head and a foot, where a lightning bolt apparently entered and exited his body.

The region, divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both, has been scarred by decades of conflict, and has lost thousands of lives to insurgency.

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For many residents who are still bearing the scars of last year's floods, the possibility of a repeat has created huge unease.

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While the scars on his body serve as a permanent reminder of what happened to him in 2020, Wisdom, 32, looks to the future with positivity.

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In the case of the LRA, the deputy prosecutor pointed out the scars cut through communities in which "the victim became the perpetrator", but Kony, he said, "remained the main perpetrator until the end."

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

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