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scar·i·fy [ skérrə f ] (past and past participle scar·i·fied, present participle scar·i·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular scar·i·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
frighten somebody: to make somebody afraid or alarmed ( informal )

[Late 18th century. <scare, probably after terrify]
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