scarifying
- present participle of scarify.
Example Sentences
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And some seeds need special techniques for successful germination, including fermenting or scarifying.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021
Despite the NCAA’s scarifying prediction that it would lead to the immediate death of autumn, the season is coming on.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021
Mr. Hurt’s evolving expressions as, weary head in hand, Krapp listens to the voice on the tape recorder, draw with absolute precision a scarifying picture of the man’s shuffling, tormenting thoughts.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011
Johnson’s voice was not particularly powerful – certainly it was no match for the scarifying wail of a Patton or a Howlin’ Wolf.
From Chicago Tribune • May 3, 2011
Where the ground will permit the use of a harrow good results are obtainable by scarifying the soil in strips about 10 feet apart and sowing the seed in these strips.
From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson
