"pitted" in the verb sense

1. pit, oppose, match, play off

set into opposition or rivalry

"let them match their best athletes against ours"

"pit a chess player against the Russian champion"

"He plays his two children off against each other"

2. scar, mark, pock, pit

mark with a scar

"The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

3. pit, stone

remove the pits from

"pit plums and cherries"

"pitted" in the adjective sense

1. alveolate, faveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted

pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)

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