to scorch
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4.8
- verb
- /skɔrtʃ/
:
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- The flames quickly scorched the old wooden beams, causing the house to crumble.
- scorch the earth
- scorched by fire
- scorched-earth policy
And it it scorches the ecosystem, destroys it.
- And it it scorches the ecosystem, destroys it.
- This treaty breathes a poisonous spirit of revenge which may yet scorch the fair face not of a corner of Europe, but of Europe.
- The world doesn't heat up and scorch all the continents and white bleach bones laying in the deserts of New York City.
Examples
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The flamethrower fires again, scorching the rock wall, filling the cave with a pall of smoke.
Fiction book (1996) -
10,000 acres of wooded residential land were scorched in an instant when a laser cannon aboard the strategic defense peace platform misfired today during routine start-up tests.
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You left too much scorched earth on the last pass.
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He will scorch the earth.
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The missile doors now open, the ground badly scorched from the launch.
Fiction book (1994) -
Burning for revenge, the men interpreted General Order No. 11 as a scorched-earth policy.
Academic text (2010) -
Its breath could wither trees, scorch grass, and shatter stones.
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To the east, smoke from a scorched crop lingered against the rock-white horizon.
Fiction book (2001) -
The intense wildfire will scorch everything in its path, leaving only ashes behind.
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If we are not careful, the sun can scorch our skin during the hottest part of the day.
Synonyms
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1.0
To be on fire or damage something with heat
121
3.0
To destroy a building or object completely by fire
76
6.5
To set fire to something on purpose
33
7.1
To burn things like documents or waste until they turn to ash
27
3.7
To be completely destroyed by fire
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Leaves with brown edges that look burned from heat, drought or poor watering
How Burned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scorch comes from the old French escorchier ('to strip the skin'), and if the burning idea goes further it can remove everything. That's why scorch can also mean to destroy completely by fire.