to a crisp
idiom
: to a state of being hard, dry, and easily broken
The toast had been burned to a crisp.
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Maxey continues to be a revelation for Philadelphia, even while the season around him burns to a crisp.
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Tom Rende, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The safe was burnt to a crisp with everything in it.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Beloved, long-standing restaurants like the seafood spot the Reel Inn, once located at Topanga State Park in Malibu and now burned to a crisp, became ruins.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Grasses and sagebrush that had previously greened in spring rains dried to a crisp and stayed that way, a perfect buffet of fuel for a blaze to feast on.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Tom Rende, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The safe was burnt to a crisp with everything in it.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Beloved, long-standing restaurants like the seafood spot the Reel Inn, once located at Topanga State Park in Malibu and now burned to a crisp, became ruins.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Grasses and sagebrush that had previously greened in spring rains dried to a crisp and stayed that way, a perfect buffet of fuel for a blaze to feast on.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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“To a crisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20crisp. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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