DICTOMETER

SCORCHED

1. Synonyms:
   • Sear
   • Scorch
   Definitions:
   • make very hot and dry
   Examples:
   • The heat scorched the countryside
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scorch
   • Sear
   • Singe
   Definitions:
   • become superficially burned
   Examples:
   • My eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Scorch
   Definitions:
   • destroy completely by or as if by fire
   Examples:
   • The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes
   • The invaders scorched the land
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Char
   • Blacken
   • Sear
   • Scorch
   Definitions:
   • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
   Examples:
   • The cook blackened the chicken breast
   • The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
   • The flames scorched the ceiling
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Scorch
   Definitions:
   • become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
   Examples:
   • The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Adust
   • Baked
   • Parched
   • Scorched
   • Sunbaked
   Definitions:
   • dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
   Examples:
   • A vast desert all adust
   • Land lying baked in the heat
   • Parched soil
   • The earth was scorched and bare
   • Sunbaked salt flats
   Antonyms:
   • Wet
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scorched
   Definitions:
   • having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
   Examples:
   • Sherman's scorched earth policy
   Antonyms:
   • Preserved