scarify
11scarify — Synonyms and related words: Vandyke, agonize, assail, attack, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blister, bloody, blotch, brand, castigate, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, chop, cicatrize, claw, convulse, crack, craze, crenellate, crenulate, crimp …
12scarify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scratch; lacerate, harass. See friction, furrow, discontent. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scathe, scorch,… …
13scarify — scar|i|fy [ˈskeərıfaı, ˈskærıfaı US ˈsker , ˈskær ] v past tense and past participle scarified present participle scarifying third person singular scarifies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: scarifier, from Latin scarifare, from Greek… …
14scarify — scar·i·fy || skerɪfaɪ / skeÉ™r v. cause a scar; make small cuts or scratches in the skin; crush, break up the surface layer of something (e.g. ground before planting); criticize sharply …
15scarify — scarify1 [ skarɪfʌɪ, skɛ:rɪ ] verb (scarifies, scarifying, scarified) 1》 cut and remove debris from (a lawn). 2》 break up the surface of (soil or a road or pavement). 3》 make shallow incisions in (the skin), as a medical procedure or traditional… …
16scarify — v. a. 1. Deface, scratch, scar, disfigure, cover with scars. 2. (Surg.) Cut, incise, puncture …
17scarify — verb (T) 1 to break and make loose the surface of a road or field using a pointed tool 2 technical to make small cuts on an area of skin using a sharp knife 3 literary to criticize someone very severely …
18scarify — scar·i·fy …
19scarify — scar•i•fy [[t]ˈskær əˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) srg to make scratches or superficial incisions in, as in vaccination 2) to wound with severe criticism 3) agr. bot to hasten the sprouting of (hard covered seeds) by making incisions in the… …
20scarify — /ˈskærəfaɪ / (say skaruhfuy), /ˈskɛər / (say skairr ) verb (t) (scarified, scarifying) 1. to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in surgery. 2. to lacerate by severe criticism. 3. to loosen (the soil) with a… …
