TORCHED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

torched

verb

past tense of torch

as in burned

to set (something) on fire police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

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Recent Examples of torched Students marched against the Vietnam War, demanded racial and gender justice, challenged puritanical norms, and torched symbols of establishment power. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 Earlier this month, a ComEd pole fell, lighting a fire on its own in a parking lot and torched several cars. — Tara Molina, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Sandoval torched the home after the shootings and fled, prosecutors said. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 In the 14-point loss, Kelsey Mitchell torched them for a game-high 28 points. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 All defensive backs have to believe in themselves, because the nature of the position is you will get publicly torched from time to time. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2026 The secondary got torched by Daniels all day, with a lot of receivers wide open, but good to see Taaffe respond and make the play at the end. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 Angry crowds have torched Ebola treatment centers, stormed hospitals to retrieve relatives’ bodies and attacked teams carrying out safe burials. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 Free-agent addition Kindle Vildor and former seventh-rounder Kobee Minor, who have been torched at times in camp, were first off the bench Thursday. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto flew on Saturday to Central Kalimantan province, where more than 7,600 hectares (18,700 acres) have burned, to encourage authorities to get the haze cloud under control.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
In Collier County, a smaller fire near the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge burned seven acres and was 95% contained as of Sunday, with the FFS's Caloosahatchee field unit on the scene.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Assassinations, race riots, and Watergate had scorched the nation’s conscience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
Rémi Lecoutre, deputy head gardener at the Claude Monet House and Gardens museum, gave France 24 a tour, which revealed the nasturtiums to be completely wiped out; many other flowers appeared scorched or dead.

— News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026

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