Scorched can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
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| scorched - having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy" | ||
| scorched - dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" | ||
Verb |
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| scorch - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" | ||
| scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land" | ||
| scorch - become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" | ||
| scorch - make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" | ||
| scorch - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" |
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| 1. | adj. | Sherman's scorched earth policy. | |
| 2. | adj. | The earth was scorched and bare. | |
| 3. | adj. | To battle for something in life without leaving scorched earth behind you is a priceless deed. | |
| 4. | adj. | He forgot to stir the porridge, so it became scorched. | |
| 5. | adj. | You can still see the scorch marks from last week's fire. | |
| 6. | verb | The bread was scorched from being cooked on the open flame of the camp fire. | |
| 7. | verb | The sun scorched the land and withered the crops. | |
| 8. | verb | The building was scorched by the fire. | |
| 9. | verb | Sweet life from mortals fled; they drooped and died. / Fierce Sirius scorched the fields, and herbs and grain / were parched, and food the wasting crops denied. | |
| 10. | verb | The rice is scorched. | |
| 11. | verb | More than 2 million hectares of land, including vast areas of forest, have been scorched in eastern Australia's bushfires. | |
| 12. | verb | Australia continues to battle wildfires that have scorched millions of hectares across three states. | |
| 13. | verb | The building was scorched after the fire. |
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| adj. | |
| Sherman's scorched earth policy. |
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| The earth was scorched and bare. |
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| To battle for something in life without leaving scorched earth behind you is a priceless deed. | |
| He forgot to stir the porridge, so it became scorched. | |
| You can still see the scorch marks from last week's fire. | |
| verb | |
| The bread was scorched from being cooked on the open flame of the camp fire. | |
| The sun scorched the land and withered the crops. | |
| The building was scorched by the fire. | |
| Sweet life from mortals fled; they drooped and died. / Fierce Sirius scorched the fields, and herbs and grain / were parched, and food the wasting crops denied. | |
| The rice is scorched. | |
| More than 2 million hectares of land, including vast areas of forest, have been scorched in eastern Australia's bushfires. | |
| Australia continues to battle wildfires that have scorched millions of hectares across three states. | |
| The building was scorched after the fire. | |