TO SCRATCH

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TO SCRATCH - [verb] to mark a surface with something sharp, to rub your body, usually with fingernails

I left my car near the forest and I found it in the morning with the roof scratched heavily by the falling branches.

I hate small dogs and cats. They bite and scratch your hands.

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