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welt

noun as in red mark

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Example Sentences

“According to her Doctor’s Report, she suffers from ‘urticaria,’ defined as ‘a rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely, sometimes with dangerous swelling.’

From Salon

I just had a welt on my head that looked like I saluted too hard.

He said he enjoyed school in first and second year, until the beatings began, which he said left him "black and blue", and with red welts on his hands and legs.

From BBC

The undercover journalist found horses with welts from whips, mouth sores and spur marks that were hidden with shoe polish.

From BBC

Mudassir Ibrahim, 50, lifted his shirt to show welts across his back — evidence, he said, of a week spent in R.S.F. detention inside the headquarters of Sudan’s national radio and television station.

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

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