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scarify

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈskæ.ɹɪˌfaɪ/Part of speech verbSorted acfirsyStarts with SEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals

Word origin

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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  • A combing tool is used to scarify, cross-scratch, or score the surface of a scratch coat or undercoat of plaster.
  • Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope His plan kinda failed, but it would've been dope

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