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Scarify

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dethatchnoun(transitive) To abrade the surface of a lawn or turf in order to remove dead grass.
unthatchverb(transitive) To remove the thatch from.
shrednounA fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
desecateverb(obsolete, rare) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
stripnoun(countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
unturfverb(transitive) To strip the turf from.
scythenounAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
destratifyverbTo remove strata from
deasphaltverb(transitive) To subject to a deasphalting process.
dehairverb(transitive) To remove the hair from.
disafforestverbTo deforest.
defoliateverb(transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
desheathverb(transitive) Synonym of unsheath.
degarnishverbTo strip or deprive entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
shaveverb(transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
thresh outverb(figuratively) To thrash out.
scalpnounThe part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
flaynoun(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
dishevelnoun(transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
decorticateHaving had the cortex removed

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