Scathe

'scathing satire' (does satire ever 'scathe'?) or Fielding's rough horseplay. ❋ Leslie Stephen (1868)

The bootstrap callousness and sometimes-unnoticed regiment of ones outlook on life can easily scorn, ignore and sometimes even scathe the existence of those who are so heavily compromised. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, boy, is the letter that I write to Customer Service going to scathe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you wish to scathe Mexico, balance it with available blood curdling, statistics from your/our own US of A, provided below. ❋ Unknown (2008)

People quote his scathe on the British intelligentsia, but forget that his attacks went beyond one, single quote or his two most famous books, Animal Farm and 1984. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For now men fell on them, and they defended themselves in good and manly wise, and were the scathe of many a man, nor would iron bite on them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now telleth the tale concerning the sons of Gudrun, that she had arrayed their war-raiment in such wise, that no steel would bite thereon; and she bade them play not with stones or other heavy matters, for that it would be to their scathe if they did so. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Oh, and most of the scathe in my post was fairly mild. chouinard and I tend to substitute perjoratives for ... everything, actually. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There is naught goodlier than a lover who keeps faith with the beloved who works him scathe. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He will come next by some scathe in the hobbleshow, and then it will be, ‘Dorothy, get the lint,’ and ‘Dorothy, spread the plaster;’ but now it is nothing but nonsense, and a lie, and impossibility, that can come out of ❋ Unknown (2008)

Reviewers called it a scathing, devastating expose of the former centerfold and reality star, but frankly, it wasn't that hard to scathe and devastate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These edges are the token of sundering between us, for there is a spell on me, that with no woman may I deal, save with mine only love, but I shall do her mortal scathe; so beware by the token of the grey edges of battle. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Arcarnanian light infantry appeared, and availing themselves of the position in which Agesilaus was encamped against the mountain side, assailed him with volleys of sling-stones and rocks from the razor-edge of the mountain, without suffering any scathe themselves. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He wist that it would bring him scathe and monstrous woe. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Gladly would they have parted the fray, or ever greater scathe was done. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When they were come again, where the scathe had happed, Hagen of ❋ Unknown (2007)

“Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low — hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

O nay, said Birdalone; for when I am gone thy love shall be no less for me, though as now thou art angry; and Atra will love me for that I shall have held to my promise to mine own scathe; and thy man and Aurea will lay it to me that I have done valiantly and knightly. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If I fall in with ghosts, a score of men would help me nought; and if I happen on weaponed men who would do me scathe, of what avail were one man against them? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Meseems it was scathe that we stayed not a while to pine him, said the first man. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Indirect- "Dude, you just got scathed." Direct- "1st degree(example): [Bashir] Ali calls Callum E on his mobile, and the pair chat away. In the backround [Sharan] G being the cheeky infidel he is, swears and curses Bashir, firing off level [three-four] scathes, oblivious to the fact that Bashir can indeed hear him as the phone is on loudspeaker. Bashir demands that Callum give Sharan the phone, which he does. As the phone connects with [Sharan's] ear, the chilling words 'BITCH WHAT' echo into his conscience. The sheer tenacity of those words, his daring choice of words, and his gangster tone epitomised a level one scathe." ❋ Callum (2005)

The third party candidate launched a scathing attack on the second party [contender]. [The judge] laughed as he described [the girl's] voice with a scathing assertion. ❋ B3li3v3 (2014)

[Wow]! Did you [hear] [the band] Scath Fence last night? ❋ LERS (2007)

[Frank]: Dude, you're so dumb Steve: [I know you are, but what am I]? Frank: ...That was about [as scathing as a youtube comment] ❋ LiamOSM (2014)

Joel was very [contempt] with normal sex tonight but [Samara] insisted they try out the Scathing Scorpion Sandpit, [as it was] part of her culture. ❋ Sozboz (2015)