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as in charred
to burn on the surface
the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire
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as in dried
to make dry
weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil
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Recent Examples of scorched
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
The scorched earth may be from the crash or the fire, authorities said.
—CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
Jim Foerster, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
As of Sunday evening, the fire had scorched a little over 4,000 acres and was 49% contained.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Smoking heaps of rubble lay piled high next to the waterfront and gray smoke hovered over the leafless skeletons of scorched trees.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
The scorched earth may be from the crash or the fire, authorities said.
—CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
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The Texas wildfires scorched 500,000 acres within 24 hours of ignition.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
As of Sunday evening, the fire had scorched a little over 4,000 acres and was 49% contained.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Scorched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorched. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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