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Scorching

To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

📖 Definitions of "Scorching"

verb
  1. 1

    To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

  2. 2

    To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy

  3. 3

    (To cause) to become scorched or singed

  4. 4

    To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).

noun
  1. 1

    The act or result of something being scorched.

adjective
  1. 1

    Very hot.

    "It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade."

  2. 2

    Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.

  3. 3

    (Of speed when driving, running, etc.) very high.

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