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pockmarked

/ ˈpɒkˌmɑːkd /

adjective

  1. abounding in pockmarks

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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After 23 months of war, it now lies in ruins, pockmarked by craters, with burned-out wards and bullet holes.

From BBC

A small, wiry, pockmarked young man with curly hair and a hard-to-place accent, he loitered in the area for hours, asking kitchen workers if his target would be coming that way.

At the Saraya home in Sweida, signs of the violence are everywhere — walls pockmarked by shrapnel from a hand grenade and family pictures and mirrors cracked by bullet holes.

And not even in the federal government in Washington, where the streets are now pockmarked from tanks and military vehicles.

From Salon

The discontent stems not just from big issues, such as the loss of entertainment industry jobs, but also day-to-day matters such as broken sidewalks, pockmarked streets and lengthy 911 wait times.

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