scarifying Definition

scarify
verb scarifies, scarified, scarifying

1. chiefly surgery.
To make a number of scratches, shallow cuts, or lacerations in (the skin, etc).
2. To break up the surface of soil with a wire rake, etc, without turning the soil over.
3. To hurt someone with severe criticism.

Derivative: scarification
noun

Derivative: scarifier
noun

An implement used for breaking up or loosening the surface of soil or of a road.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin scarificare, from Greek skariphos etching tool.