scorched

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scorched Definition

• (s) 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"
• (s) having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman''s scorched earth policy"
• (s) damaged or discolored by superficial burning:"the scorched blouse tore easily"

scorched Synonyms

• adust
• baked
• parched
• scorched
• sunbaked