v.

puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals

"The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"

scratch the surface of

"scarify seeds"

break up

"scarify soil"

Scarifying blade
Scarifying device
Scarifying plant seeds
Scarifying and scraping implement
Scarifying and fingering surfaces of plunging jets
Device for mowing and scarifying lawn areas
Single brush power driven scarifying tool for pipe ends
Cancer complicating chronic ulcerative and scarifying mucocutaneous disorders
Effects of salinity and scarifying seed coat on ion content of embryos and seed germination for Suaeda physophora and Haloxylon ammo...
Gram-scale preparation of hollow spheres of ZnS by scarifying ZnO crystallites within core–shell-structured ZnS/ZnO precursors