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Adjective scorched has 3 senses
- adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked - dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
Antonym: wet (indirect, via dry)
- scorched - having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy"
Antonym: preserved (indirect, via destroyed)
- scorched - damaged or discolored by superficial burning:"the scorched blouse tore easily"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
Verb scorch has 5 senses
- sear, scorch - make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
--1 is one way to heat, heat up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- scorch, sear, singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
--2 is one way to burn, combust
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
--3 is one way to burn, fire, burn down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- char, blacken, scorch - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
--4 is one way to burn
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- scorch - become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
--5 is one way to dry, dry out
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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