Copy
Scratch
Scratch verb - To damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface.
How words are described
| single | single copy | single scratch |
| simple | simple copy | simple scratch |
| evil | evil copy | evil scratch |
| available | available copy | available scratch |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- However, creating General Artificial Intelligences from scratch is trickier, causing humanity to instead copy existing ones and develop a means for them to "reproduce".
Source: Role Play / Destiny Drive Third -
When the second copy also has a scratch on it he goes to the shop to complain once more, only to have his line be in a continuous scratched loop too.
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In Like a Mighty Army Merlin builds a new PICA and uploads a new "from scratch" copy of Nimue Alban, soon named Nimue Chwaeriau.
Source: Literature / Safehold
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Scratch and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/scratch
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