singeing

present participle of singe
as in charring
to burn on the surface the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way

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  • The fire burned for 26 days, charring 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties.
    Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
  • What To Know In a Sunday update, the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team said the two fires have burned more than 121,307 acres, with the Elk fire charring 14,635 acres and the Lee fire scorching 106,672 acres.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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  • Historic data According to NIFC records for 2024, lightning ignited 305 fires in California, scorching 90,206 acres of wildland.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Further questions remain as to the cost and environmental impact of running and cooling miles of data centers in the Middle East’s scorching deserts, as well as the ability to draw AI engineers to live in Saudi Arabia.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Singeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singeing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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