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scarify

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ (UK)
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/ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ (UK) · /ˈskɑː.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ (UK)

Definition of scarify

9 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
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verb

  1. To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
  2. To make scratches or cuts on.
    “A combing tool is used to scarify, cross-scratch, or score the surface of a scratch coat or undercoat of plaster.”
  3. To make scratches or cuts on.
  4. To make scratches or cuts on.
  5. To make scratches or cuts on.
    “Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope His plan kinda failed, but it would've been dope”
  6. (figuratively)To harrow the feelings.
  7. (nonstandard, obsolete)To scar.
  8. (nonstandard, obsolete)Denude, or lay waste to.
  9. (uncommon)To frighten; to scare, to terrify.

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Etymology

From French scarifier, from Late Latin scarificāre, from Latin scarifāre (“to scarify”), from Ancient Greek σκαριφᾶσθαι (skariphâsthai, “scratch”), from σκάριφος (skáriphos, “writing, drawing, sketching”). Unrelated to scar.

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