adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of scarify form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted

   "The scarified wasteland looked like a battle had been fought there — which, in fact, it had."

Synonyms

All synonyms

blemishedcrackeddefectivedeformeddisfigureddistorted

Example

More examples

"The scarified wasteland looked like a battle had been fought there — which, in fact, it had."

Etymology

From scarify + -ed.

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