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scorched - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'scorched' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scorched [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Scorch

Meaning of 'scorched' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scorched [ s]
Meaning (1):
- dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
Example in sentence:
  • a vast desert all adust;
  • land lying baked in the heat;
  • parched soil;
  • sunbaked salt flats;
  • the earth was scorched and bare
Meaning (2):
- having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
Example in sentence:
  • Sherman's scorched earth policy

Nearby Words:

scoat scobby scobiform scobs scoff scoffed scoffer scoffery scoffing scoffingly

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