sear
/sɪə(ɹ)//siːɹ/
adjective
- 1
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
noun
- 1
A scar produced by searing
- 2
Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
verb
- 1
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
- 2
To wither; to dry up.
- 3
To make callous or insensible.
- 4
To mark permanently, as if by burning.
“The events of that day were seared into her memory.”
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