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Synonyms
scorching

adj

  1. hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface: "scorching heat"

adv

  1. capable of causing burns: "it was scorching hot"

verb

  1. make very hot and dry: "The heat scorched the countryside"
  2. become superficially burned: "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
  3. destroy completely by or as if by fire: "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"
  4. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color: "The cook blackened the chicken breast"
  5. become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions: "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"