scorch

Example Sentences

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The empty car, which had a "Happy Chanukah" sign fixed to the roof, was scorched by the fire while parked in a house driveway, images on national broadcaster ABC television showed.

From Barron's

"How are you going to know that's overheating or that there's a faulty cable or a faulty connection or scorch marks or anything on that plug if you can't see it?"

From BBC

They were among thousands of other swimmers, surfers and sunbathers who had flocked to Australia's most famous beach on a scorching summer's afternoon.

From BBC

The blaze scorched fences, outbuildings and pool equipment around his childhood home, yet spared the main house.

From Los Angeles Times

Migrants wait under the scorching sun of the Atacama desert in Chile to cross the border into Peru.

From Barron's