Heal and Scratch

Opposite meaning words

Heal verb - To restore to a healthy condition.

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Scratch is an antonym for heal.

Nearby Words: healthy, health, healing, healed, healer

Scratch verb - To damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface.

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Heal is an antonym for scratch in topics: cut, cancel.

Nearby Words: scratched, scratchy, scratching

arm	heal arm	scratch arm
character	heal character	scratch character
people	heal people	scratch people
way	heal way	scratch way
Other words: characters, player, eyes, enemies.

And despite having no way to heal injuries, two thousand years later, he hasn't a scratch.

Source: Iron Woobie
Both believe that the world is not a nice place anymore, but while Big Mama strives to heal it, Sacher Torte wants to destroy it and rebuild it from scratch, believing it too far gone for redemption.

Source: Dueling Messiahs
In the Monastary of Ascension dungeon, the Capsarius monster can rapidly heal other Ascended to full, as well as deploying a forcefield that reduces all incoming attacks to Scratch Damage at best.

Source: Shoot the Medic First

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