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scorch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scorch

1 to burn on the surface

the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire

Synonyms of scorch

char, sear, singe

Words Related to scorch

fire, ignite, inflame (also enflame), kindle, light

bake, cremate, incinerate

2 to make dry

weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil

Synonyms of scorch

dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, sear

Words Related to scorch

mummify, shrivel, wither, wizen

Near Antonyms of scorch

bathe, deluge, douse (also dowse), drench, drown, flood, inundate, overflow, saturate, soak, sop, souse, waterlog

damp, dampen, humidify, moisten

dip, dunk, submerge, swamp

Antonyms of scorch

hydrate, wash, water, wet

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