pock

noun

1. A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
2. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

verb

1. To scar or mark with pits

   “In and out of the tufts they went, with their eyes dilating; wishing to be out of harm, if conscience were but satisfied. And of this tufty flaggy ground, pocked with bogs and boglets, one especial nature is that it will not hold impressions.”

   “Just next door, at Al Azhar University, a rocket mangled the protective metal bars as it crashed through the windows of the president’s office this month, destroying his desk and pocking his walls with shrapnel.”