scorch
verb (used with object)
to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly.
will scorch
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future tenseof scorch.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A record-breaking heat wave will scorch Southern California this week, raising temperatures up to 35 degrees above normal for March and heightening concerns about heat-related illness and deaths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
In a statement to the Associated Press, former head of U.N. climate negotiations Christiana Figueres said humanity will "scorch and fry” if the world does not implement "targeted national policies have to enable that transformation.”
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
Studies have warned that wildfires will scorch an increasing number of acres in California in the coming years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Climate scientists are skeptical, though, because as with so much of high-risk Northern California, it’s likely that another severe wildfire will scorch Greenville in the coming years as the West becomes hotter and drier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
O, my dear son, go not too high or you will scorch the dwelling of heaven, nor too low, lest you set the world on fire.
From Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children by Flora J. (Flora Juliette) Cooke
