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There, where the scarped cliffside reaches the clouds and the water plunges to the depths of the Grand Canyon, sits one of Norway’s most picturesque villages, Geiranger.

From National Geographic • Oct. 20, 2023

The face is perpendicular and where the rock is naturally less precipitous it has been scarped.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Thus the journey wore on, and thus, on the evening of the seventh day, they camped on the edge of a marshy lake, within view of scarped hills behind which Shingtse-lunpo, the mysterious, lay.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry

Mildred sat with her elbow on her knee, looking dreamily at the gray scarped rock and overhanging vegetation; while Olive and Chriss scrambled over the slippery boulders in search of ferns.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

The road by which we travelled was scarped from the side of a mountain, and for some miles pursued a gradually descending course.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James