scorched
1
4.6
- adjective
- /skɔrʧt/
:
quemado
- The fields were scorched by the intense summer heat, leaving the crops dry and lifeless.
- scorched earth
And David Boies, as you well know, is kind of a scorched earth kind of guy.
- And David Boies, as you well know, is kind of a scorched earth kind of guy.
- And then the the top layer that's burned and scorched brulee is the text.
- Colours I've been wearing mostly are Dirty talk, scorched cayenne and Fuego ashes and Lum lumber Lombre.
Examples
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After the wildfire, the once lush forest was reduced to a scorched landscape of blackened trees.
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On August 11, 2009, the Yemeni government launched "Operation Scorched Earth," aimed at putting an end to the Huthi uprising that had destabilized the country's northern province of Sa'da for more than five years.
Academic text (2012) -
It's the smell of scorched lobster.
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At the center of this scorched rock is a small, pinkish hill.
Fiction book (2001) -
Scorched grass stretched from one end of the world to the other, making progress impossible to measure.
Fiction book (1995) -
Scorched earth, temperature of 1000 degrees.
Fiction book (1998) -
He left a scorched earth in his wake, befoulin' even the sweet desert breeze that whipped across his brow.
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Still, George Washington's 1779 initiative created a unique, powerful memory in US history partially because of the way that the impacts of Sullivan's scorched-earth policies were memorialized and conflated with revolutionary aims in the nineteenth century.
Academic text (2018) -
The sun scorched the pavement, making it too hot to walk on without shoes.
Synonyms
13
4.7
Having very little water because of heat
7
4.3
Badly damaged or destroyed by fire
4
3.7
Slightly burned on the surface but not destroyed
1
6.2
An area badly damaged by fire
1
4.8
Dried and hard from strong sunlight
Damaged by fire or very strong heat
Dried and darkened by strong sun
Cooked quickly at very high heat to make a brown crust, like on steak
Slightly burned on the surface with a light brown mark
Dried by strong sun or heat until hard and cracked
Made dark by smoke, fire, or heat
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
2
8.0
A plan to destroy useful things on purpose so an enemy cannot use them
How Burned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scorched comes from the old English verb scorch, which meant 'to burn' or 'to dry'. Imagine strong heat making plants dry, black, and damaged — that's why scorched means 'burned, dried out, or damaged by intense heat, fire, or sunlight'.