scorched

Definition of Scorched in English :

Adjective

1. adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

Example Sentences:
'a vast desert all adust'
'land lying baked in the heat'
'parched soil'
'the earth was scorched and bare'
'sunbaked salt flats'

2. scorched

having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy

Example Sentences:
'Sherman's scorched earth policy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Scorched

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adjective

1.

slightly burned

the lamp with its scorched plastic shade

Her skirt was scorched, but hadn't caught alight.

Several scorched items of debris have been recovered, including a life preserver marked with the name Night Watch.

2.

parched or withered

scorched black earth

some patch of scorched jungle crawling with vultures

Scorched

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v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es

v.tr.

1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn¹.

2. To dry out or wither with intense heat: The sun scorched the plains.

3. To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.

4. To subject to severe censure; excoriate.

v.intr.

1. To become scorched or singed.

2. To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate.

n.

1. A slight or surface burn.

2. Brown spotting on plant leaves caused by pathogens, heat, or lack of water.

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