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scarification

/ˌskɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

scarification noun: the act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.

Noun

scarification (countable and uncountable, plural scarifications)

  1. The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
  2. A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
  3. The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
  4. A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.

scarification meaning in Tamil and Bengali

scarification in Tamil

கீறல், வடு, உறைச்சிதைவு

scarification in Bengali

খোদাই করা, পোড়ানো, উপরিভাগ কাটার মাধ্যমে নকশা, ছবি, শব্দ তৈরি করা, সুইটি ফাঁপা থাকে না

Synonyms of scarification

Forms of scarification

pluralscarifications

Origin of scarification

From Old French scarificacion, from Late Latin scarificatio. See scarify for more.

Questions about scarification

What does scarification mean?
Scarification means the act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
What is scarification in Tamil?
Scarification in Tamil is கீறல், வடு, உறைச்சிதைவு. See Scarification meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scarification?
Scarification is a noun.
How do you pronounce scarification?
Scarification is pronounced /ˌskɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of scarification?
The plural of scarification is scarifications.

Words near scarification in the dictionary

  1. scarid
  2. scarids
  3. scarier
  4. scaries
  5. scariest
  6. scarification
  7. scarifications
  8. scarificator
  9. scarificators
  10. scarified
  11. scarifier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scarification (page history and authors); scarification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scarification (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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