scorched

Meanings

Verb

• make very hot and dry
  • "The heat scorched the countryside"
• become superficially burned
• destroy completely by or as if by fire
  • "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"
  • "the invaders scorched the land"
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  • "the flames scorched the ceiling"
• become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
  • "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
• simple past and past participle of scorch

Adjective Satellite

• dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
  • "the earth was scorched and bare"
• having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
  • "Sherman's scorched earth policy"

Adj

• Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

Synonyms

adust, baked, blacken, char, parched, scorch, sear, singe, sunbaked