1. marking or scarring with small pits or holes
Usage: present participle of pockmark

1. the process or result of creating small pits or scars on a surface

Examples

• The disease was pockmarking his face with permanent scars.
• Years of hail were pockmarking the car’s hood.
• The pockmarking of the wall from bullet holes told the story of the battle.
• Acid rain is pockmarking the marble statue.
• The pockmarking on the moon’s surface is visible through a telescope.
• Construction debris was pockmarking the newly paved road.
• The pockmarking left by acne faded over time.