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unscathed
un‧scathed/ʌnˈskeɪðd/ adjective [NOT BEFORE NOUN] [date : 1300-1400; Origin : scathe; ⇨ scathing] not injured or harmed by something escape/emerge unscathed ▪ He escaped unscathed from the accident. ▪ The government was relatively unscathed by the scandal. • • • THESAURUS not harmed or damaged ▪safe not harmed or damaged : ▪ The children are all safe. ▪OK/all right informal safe and not hurt : ▪ I was glad to hear that you were OK. ▪unharmed not hurt : ▪ The kidnappers released the young man unharmed. ▪unscathed /ʌnˈskeɪðd/ not hurt or damaged, after an accident, an attack, or a dangerous experience – used when you are surprised by this : ▪ The baby escaped unscathed. ▪ Miraculously, the old part of the city remained unscathed. ▪in one piece informal not harmed or damaged, especially after a journey or a dangerous experience : ▪ I’m glad you’re home in one piece. ▪out of danger safe, after being in a dangerous situation : ▪ As soon as they were out of danger, they stopped for a rest. ▪ His doctors say he is out of danger.
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES escape unharmed/unscathed/unhurt ▪ Two policemen were killed, but the president escaped unharmed. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB relatively ▪ The government was relatively unscathed by scandals at Lloyd's, the collapse of Johnson Matthey, and the Guinness saga. ▪ I breezed through college relatively unscathed. ▪ The forefoot showed excessive wear while the heel remained relatively unscathed. ▪ The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained relatively unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow. ▪ Most significant for Ipswich, though, is that they seem to have come out of their winter blip relatively unscathed. ▪ Much has been made of the fact that San Francisco emerged relatively unscathed from Loma Prieta. ▪ Byrne dragged Stephen's body to a relatively unscathed section while Hunt went in search of help. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Few retailers were left unscathed by the recession. ▪ Most of the passengers escaped from the plane unscathed. ▪ The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually unscathed. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But Webb was perfectly confident that he could plunge into this fury and emerge unscathed. ▪ It is true that Jacob will emerge more than just unscathed from the danger that fills his mind as he returns home. ▪ The burnished copper shone bravely, having only the previous night survived unscathed a particularly concerted attack upon its person. ▪ The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained relatively unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow. ▪ The forefoot showed excessive wear while the heel remained relatively unscathed. ▪ The government was relatively unscathed by scandals at Lloyd's, the collapse of Johnson Matthey, and the Guinness saga. ▪ The markets and older residential areas of the city were equally unscathed by modern trends.
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