: parched or discolored by scorching

Examples of scorched in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Last week, Simcha Graiman, a worker with Zaka, a volunteer Israeli rescue organization, scraped a scorched home in Kibbutz Holit for ashes. Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023 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 Italian media reported that a couple in their 70s was found dead in a scorched home near the city of Palermo. Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 26 July 2023 That means no more soggy bottom with a scorched top, a common affliction with my other cooking methods. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2023 Thick black smoke, piles of twisted debris and flat, scorched ground are all that's left of some places that Michael Ward and Bryan Carter of Northern Kentucky visited regularly in Ukraine in the past few years. Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2022 And, it’s made with pellet ice that might soothe a scorched mouth. Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022 The intense nature of it, complete with all the fishy side dishes and even the scorched and sizzling rice, once gave a friend of mine a full-on panic attack. Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scorched was in 1566

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“Scorched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorched. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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