SCORCHED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • damaged or discolored by superficial burning:”the scorched blouse tore easily”
   Similar To
   • damaged (what does damaged mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
   Usage Example(s)
   • Sherman’’s scorched earth policy
   Similar To
   • destroyed (what does destroyed mean?)
3. Meaning
   • dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
   Synonym(s)
   • adust (what does adust mean?)
   • baked (what does baked mean?)
   • parched (what does parched mean?)
   • sunbaked (what does sunbaked mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a vast desert all adust
   • land lying baked in the heat
   • parched soil
   • the earth was scorched and bare
   • sunbaked salt flats
   Similar To
   • dry (what does dry mean?)