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weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil
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Recent Examples of scorched
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
During flybys in December 2023 and February 2024, Juno came within 1,500 kilometers of Io’s scorched surface.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Danielle Parker, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
The Rams’ Puka Nacua scorched the Seahawks for 165 yards and a TD last game against them.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
These houses had three types: homes with steps along the wall or that form a passageway, homes built into two levels with higher places with scorched soil for cooking areas and lower spaces for living, and flat-bottomed homes used as living spaces.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
During flybys in December 2023 and February 2024, Juno came within 1,500 kilometers of Io’s scorched surface.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Simpler cooking, community…and Nico Ruspoli, an olive oil producer with his own scorched past.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
The Rams’ Puka Nacua scorched the Seahawks for 165 yards and a TD last game against them.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorched
Adjective
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Designed to function like an ice resurfacer, BurnBot lays down pre-burned paths that define the boundaries of burn areas.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Nov. 2025
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Yeager said none of the non-burned areas of the facility have been turned on again.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The vehicle appeared to have been burned and part of the building was also charred.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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All this tree’s limbs had been removed and its trunk looked charred from top to bottom.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Beyond cost and cleanliness In conventional battery production, active materials, carbon additives and binders are mixed into a wet slurry, coated onto metal foil and dried.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With plenty of black cherry, caramel, and singed vanilla, this is immediately appealing as soon as it’s poured.—
Brian Freedman,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Lu says his brother performed bold chemistry experiments that sometimes ended with singed eyebrows or small explosions.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Here are the definitive recipes for timeless favorites like roast chicken, scalloped potatoes, Caesar salad, quiche, simple pan-seared salmon filets, fettuccine alfredo, plus some of Martha’s signature desserts like apple tarte tatin, New York cheesecake, and tangy lemon bars.—
Jennifer Anderson,
Martha Stewart,
17 Feb. 2026
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The images of the players celebrating with that away end, the blur of yellow shirts with pyrotechnics, remain seared in the memory of Bielsa’s era.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Know More Initially founded in 2012 with a $5 million dollar grant from the John Templeton Foundation, Nautilus incinerated cash, sparing no expense in its pursuit of bringing resplendent literary science to the reading public.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Naughty or Nice During a volcanic eruption, a scorching, chaotic river of lava flows over the ground.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Feb. 2026
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But although its scorching days and freezing nights certainly live up to the name, Death Valley is still home to an array of plants and wildlife—and the trespassers reportedly made a mess of things.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Scorched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorched. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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