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Seared

To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.

📖 Definitions of "Seared"

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."

adjective

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cooked	(of food) Prepared by cooking.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
cooked	(of food) Prepared by cooking.
flagged	Marked with a flag
marked	Having a visible or identifying mark.
panverb	(transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
burned	Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
cauterizedverb	To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
dialedverb	(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
scallopsnoun	Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
scoredverb	(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
firescorched	blackened by contact with fire
burnt	Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
conflagrated	Burnt, destroyed by fire.
aburn	burning
scorched earthnoun	(military) The strategy of destroying all resources in an area of land in order to deny their use to an advancing enemy.
roastnoun	A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
blackenedverb	Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
scorched-earth	Characterized by a desire to prevail at any cost.
ablastnoun	Blasting, making a loud noise.
slashedverb	Having been slashed, cut or rent.
holocausted	That has been sacrificed by being completely burned.