What part of speech is torched?

Torched can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. torched is a verb, past participle of torch (infinitive).
  • 2. torched is a verb, past simple of torch (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does torched mean?

Definitions

Verb

torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"

Examples of torched

#   Sentence  
1. verb The mosque was torched in the middle of the night.
2. verb The police think the house was torched to collect on the insurance.
3. verb Layla torched the house to cover her tracks.
4. verb Layla torched the building.
5. verb Sami torched the whole building.
6. verb Fanned by erratic winds in fuel-choked, tinder-dry forests and scrub, the California blazes have torched 468,467 acres (189,580 hectares) so far this year, destroyed 1,823 homes and structures, and killed at least eight people.
7. verb In the vast state along the Pacific Ocean, officials said that 150,000 residents have been displaced as high winds and tinder-dry conditions have helped fuel blazes that have torched more than 1,000 square kilometers of forest lands, residential communities and business districts.
Sentence  
verb
The mosque was torched in the middle of the night.
The police think the house was torched to collect on the insurance.
Layla torched the house to cover her tracks.
Layla torched the building.
Sami torched the whole building.
Fanned by erratic winds in fuel-choked, tinder-dry forests and scrub, the California blazes have torched 468,467 acres (189,580 hectares) so far this year, destroyed 1,823 homes and structures, and killed at least eight people.
In the vast state along the Pacific Ocean, officials said that 150,000 residents have been displaced as high winds and tinder-dry conditions have helped fuel blazes that have torched more than 1,000 square kilometers of forest lands, residential communities and business districts.

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