scorch
verb (used with object)
to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly.
scorched
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past participleof scorch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scorch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scorchverb (used with object)to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly.
Example Sentences
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Containment on the Bryson fire, which has scorched 147 acres near Encinal Canyon Road since igniting, increased to 39% Friday evening, according to officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tommy Edman led off with a single, and then Betts scorched a 100.9-mph one-hopper at shortstop Cooper Pratt, who mishandled it, giving Betts a single to put two runners on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Large areas of the forest floor have been scorched.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Pluskalowski has recently become obsessed with making a taco shell from tahdig, the scorched rice at the bottom of a pot of Persian rice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
When the road is blocked with fallen masonry from a collapsed building, Hamza scrambles over the scorched bricks.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
