scorched

/skˈɔɹtʃt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
   “a vast desert all adust”
2. having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
   “Sherman's scorched earth policy”

Synonyms for scorched

• adust
• baked
• parched
• sunbaked
• dry
• destroyed

Words that rhyme with scorched

• torched