scarify

Etymology
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Verb

 * 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.
 * 4) To harrow the feelings.
 * 5)  To scar.
 * 6)  Denude, or lay waste to.
 * 1)  Denude, or lay waste to.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: verticuteren
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian: разрохквам
 * Maori: karawhaea