engrave

1
as in to etch
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface engraved the birth and death dates on the tombstone

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2
as in to imprint
to produce a vivid impression of a scar that forever engraved the killer's face in the witness's mind

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Recent Examples of engrave Below, 30 lines of hieroglyphic text are engraved in the stone. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025 Members are honored with their names engraved on a beautiful stone plaque displayed prominently on the property. Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 The timepiece also has the team’s logo engraved onto the stainless-steel case back and houses the brand’s 32 caliber. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025 Twelve designs from the foundation of the collection, each piece is engraved with Latin inscriptions such as amor vincit omnia, ‘love conquers all’ or per aspera ad astra, ‘through hardships to the stars’. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for engrave
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Verb
  • Raising four fingers in the air, Noah Lyles has forever etched his name in history.
    Paras J. Haji, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Much of that responsibility must first fall to journalists, those brave enough to traverse the internet wilds and report back their findings, to help interpret, say, meme language etched onto bullets.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • The rifle that authorities believe was used in the assassination contained ammunition inscribed with antifascist messaging, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Unfired cases were also inscribed with hyper-online references, including a series of arrows that, as the gaming publication Polygon pointed out, match the input required to drop a bomb in a popular game called Helldivers 2.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • There’s plenty for the Chiefs to fix after Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert carved them up in Week 1.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Art Bar, one of several on board, became our preferred gathering place, framed by striking sculptures, each carved from a different Italian stone, where meaningful conversations—about books, about travel—flowed naturally.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Engrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engrave. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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