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Meaning of word scorched from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.

Example : A vast desert all adust.
Land lying baked in the heat.
Parched soil.
The earth was scorched and bare.
Sunbaked salt flats.

Synonyms : adust, baked, parched, sunbaked

Meaning : Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy.

Example : Sherman's scorched earth policy.

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