Thesaurus results for CHARRING

charring

verb

Definition of charring next

present participle of char

as in scorching

to burn on the surface I'd like my hamburger charred, but not cooked through

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Recent Examples of charring Rather than charring corn on the grill, this recipe calls for wrapping the cobs in foil packets and cooking them on the grill. —

Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026 Unexpectedly high degrees of charring on Orion's heat shield during that mission led engineers to alter the spacecraft's course to prevent a recurrence on Artemis 2, but, as is anything untested in space, there is always risk involved. —

Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 May 2026 Its antenna is marked with charring and is missing a large chunk. —

Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026 The finished pizza should have a thin crust with a puffy cornice around the edges, spotted with charring. —

Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026 The extra step—charring the garlic, peppers, and onions—takes salsa to the next level. —

Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026 During my inaugural visit, the kitchen’s Santa Maria grill served as a fiery altar, charring a litany of premium meats over an open flame. —

Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026 Avoid charring while cooking Cooking meat at very high temperatures can pose health risks, according to Basman. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026 Five years ago, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome wildfires ripped through Colorado’s northern mountains, charring more than 620 square miles across watersheds that provide water for hundreds of thousands of people who live along the Front Range. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025

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As a scorching wind tears across the barren, rocky slopes of Komote Island off the shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Alfred Lenkutuk sits in the meager shelter of his hut, gazing out over the village where he was born and remembering better times.

— Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
Palo Alto and CrowdStrike have been scorching hot — as mentioned earlier — so expectations are elevated into the release.

— Paulina Likos,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 May 2026