singed
Americanadjective
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slightly or superficially burned; scorched.
He suffered some singed whiskers from all the heat and smoke, but otherwise was miraculously unharmed.
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(of a carcass) subjected to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc..
Using a knife, the butcher scrubbed the crust off the singed carcass of a pig.
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In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
He pointed out the singed books the blast had catapulted into the street.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
For several minutes I sat dumbstruck, staring at the wreckage of the tent’s once-graceful form amid the acrid scent of singed hair and melted nylon.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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