1. to reduce (ore) to slag by heating in order to separate metals from impurities
Usage: metallurgy; technical

Examples

• The metallurgist will scorify the ore samples to determine their metal content.
• Ancient civilizations learned to scorify copper ore using primitive furnaces.
• The laboratory technician scorified the mineral specimens at high temperatures.
• To extract pure silver, miners must first scorify the raw ore.
• The smelting process scorifies impurities, leaving behind valuable metals.