Words similar to scratch

Example sentences for: scratch

How can you use “scratch” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But building a university from scratch is far from cheap.
The next 90 minutes of The Apostle recount that new life, which the Apostle E.F. builds from scratch in a ramshackle Louisiana Gulf town.
Netscape's spin: 'Tis but the first scratch.
I don't know about your 'hood, but here, the prettier the car the more likely it is to be "keyed"--that nasty, deep, full-length scratch (or scratches, if it is keyed by multiple pissed-off proletarians) when one's car is parked on the street.
Starting from Scratch