scarifying

Verb

scarify (third-person singular simple present scarifies, present participle scarifying, simple past and past participle scarified)

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.
   1. To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
   2. To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
   3. To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
      • Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope
        His plan kinda failed, but it would've been dope2008, Neil Cicierega, “Modify”, in View-Monster, performed by Lemon Demon
3. (figuratively) To harrow the feelings.

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