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as in to dry
to make dry
weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil
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Recent Examples of scorch
The Morrill Fire scorched more than 640,000 acres.
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Last Tuesday night in Toronto, the Blue Jays’ Andres Gimenez scorched a 106 mph line drive back to the mound and off Feltner’s right hip.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Devastating, scorching March The Sierra snowpack saw some promising accumulations earlier in the winter, especially between late December and early January, and during a very cold storm in mid-February that produced a lot of snow.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Lakers All-NBA and All-Star guard Luka Doncic went scorched earth in March.
—Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
Last Tuesday night in Toronto, the Blue Jays’ Andres Gimenez scorched a 106 mph line drive back to the mound and off Feltner’s right hip.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Devastating, scorching March The Sierra snowpack saw some promising accumulations earlier in the winter, especially between late December and early January, and during a very cold storm in mid-February that produced a lot of snow.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Lakers All-NBA and All-Star guard Luka Doncic went scorched earth in March.
—Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorch
Verb
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The back of his house is now left charred.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Iran has benefited financially from the war, charing up to $2 million per ship in tolls for passage through the crucial strait.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For the best placement, dry fit the panels and then cut them to size.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Apr. 2026
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Derek leaned against the back bar and dried a glass.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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An angry deity hurled a firebrand at the swallow, singeing away its middle tail feathers.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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Anyone who lives in the Valley knows that spring is just a cruel tease anyway, a little taste of paradise before eyebrow-singeing heat is upon us.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Scorch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorch. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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