pitting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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In clearing the land of the cactus three methods are utilized, viz., burning, pitting, and poisoning. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson
I counted ten pittings more this morning, three on the right cheek, four on the left cheek, and three on the forehead. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
Outside, those parts of the mountain slopes adjoining the apertures seemed invariably smooth and regular; and Danforth thought that the slight cracks and pittings of the weathering tended toward unusual patterns. — At the mountains of madness, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

roughness, indentation

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