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scarified

adjective

Meaning

  1. Damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted
  2. To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
  3. To make scratches or cuts on.
  4. To harrow the feelings.
  5. To scar.
  6. Denude, or lay waste to.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

scarred(English)battle-scarred(English)scabbed(English)razed(English)pockmarked(English)scarry(English)carnaged(English)bedraggled(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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