scarify1

verb (scarifies, scarifying, scarified)

• 1cut and remove debris from (a lawn) with a scarifier.
• break up the surface of (soil or a road or pavement).

• 2make shallow incisions in (the skin), especially as a medical procedure or traditional cosmetic practice:she scarified the snakebite with a paring knife

• 3criticize severely and hurtfully: he scarified our leading politicians, seizing upon their vulnerable points