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Adjective: scorched skorcht- Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
"the earth was scorched and bare"
- adust [archaic], baked, parched, sunbaked - Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
"Sherman's scorched earth policy"
Verb: scorch skorch- Make very hot and dry
"The heat scorched the countryside"
- sear - Become superficially burned
- sear, singe - Destroy completely by or as if by fire
"The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land" - Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
"the flames scorched the ceiling"
- char, blacken, sear - Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
"The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
See also: destroyed, dry Type of: burn, burn down, combust, dry, dry out, fire, heat, heat up Encyclopedia: Scorch Scorched |