From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscarifyscar‧i‧fy /ˈskeərɪfaɪ, ˈskærɪfaɪ $ ˈsker-, ˈskær-/ verb (scarified, scarifying, scarifies) [transitive] 1 TTRto break and make loose the surface of a road or field using a pointed tool2 formalCRITICIZE to criticize someone very severely→ See Verb tableOrigin scarify (1300-1400) French scarifier, from Latin scarifare, from Greek skariphasthai “to draw a line on a surface”
