ashed

past tense of ash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashed
Verb
  • In the past decade, California’s most destructive fires incinerated more than fifty-seven thousand homes, commercial properties, and other structures.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Most PETs are incinerated or landfilled because conventional recycling methods struggle with complex, contaminated waste streams.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bailey lit the Yellow Jackets up through the air, completing 24 of 32 attempts for 340 yards and two touchdowns.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • As Elphaba’s powers grow stronger and Nessarose flies out of her chair, the shoes glow as if lit from within.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • White and Farrell will help, but don’t go summoning memories of Fred Dean’s 1981 arrival that ignited the 49ers’ first Super Bowl run.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The report has ignited debate within the field of counterterrorism.
    NPR, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.
    Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Former All-Pro Dallas corner Trevon Diggs’ play has fallen off a cliff this season, and the Cowboys have gotten torched for a league-leading 10 touchdowns on throws of 20-plus yards.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When the Dragon Bravo Fire torched the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in mid-July while the White Sage Fire spread further north, politicians immediately jumped to assign blame.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Those videos included some featuring baby and adolescent monkeys whose genitalia were burned and cut off.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Currently, there is no information on how much land has been burned or the size of the crew executing the prescribed fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Ashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashed. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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