Scathe

v. t.

1.

To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. [imp. & p. p. Scathed (skāthd or skătht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (skāth"ĭng or skăth"-).] As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. - Milton. Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. - W. Irving.

Noun

1.

scathe - the act of damaging something or someone Synonyms: damage, harm, hurt

abuse, afflict, aggrieve, assail, attack, bankruptcy, befoul, bewitch, blight, blister, breakage, breakdown, castigate, collapse, condemn, corrupt, crack-up, crippling, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, destruction, detriment, dilapidation, disablement, disadvantage, disrepair, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, encroachment, envenom, excoriate, flay, fustigate, get into trouble, give the business, harass, harm, hex, hobbling, hurt, hurting, impair, impairment, incapacitation, infect, infringement, injure, injury, inroad, jinx, lash, loss, maiming, maltreat, mayhem, menace, mischief, mistreat, molest, mutilation, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, roast, ruination, ruinousness, sabotage, savage, scarify, scorch, scourge, sickening, skin alive, slash, spoiling, taint, threaten, torment, torture, trounce, violate, weakening, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

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