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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He gets burned to a crisp every five minutes, but that’s not really how the world is. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025 Maxey continues to be a revelation for Philadelphia, even while the season around him burns to a crisp. 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 See All Example Sentences for to a crisp

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“To a crisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20crisp. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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