scarify

To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To make scratches or cuts on.
To harrow the feelings.
(nonstandard, obsolete) To scar.
(nonstandard, obsolete) Denude, or lay waste to.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/

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

scarify

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/

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