Scorched - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈskɔːrtʃt|
Brit.
|skɔːtʃt|
adjective
- dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight (syn: adust, baked, parched)
the earth was scorched and bare
- having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemySherman's scorched earth policy
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Sherman's scorched earth policy
The walls had been blackened and scorched by fire.
The hot sand scorched our feet.
He scorched out of the gate, almost crashing his new sports car.
The heat scorched the countryside
The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes
The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun
"scorched earth" tactics
"scorched-earth" policy
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