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
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
Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
A few hydrangeas were singed five feet from the walls of house, but the home was unscathed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
I might get singed no matter how fast I climb, Frankie thought as he worked his way downward, trying not to grab on to anything that would injure his hands.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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