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by ama5322 1433 days ago
A single solid scratch might be caused by an accident of sorts, this can always happen.

The kind of damage the OP is speaking about seem to match the description of very light superficial scratches causing diffused softening. Could be damaged coating, or just the glass being too soft.

I've only seen this happen on cheap (and normally polymer) lenses.