as in burned
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Verb
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The Capitol and White House in Washington, DC were burned to the ground in the war.—
William Lambers,
Hartford Courant,
24 Dec. 2024 -
Advocates want burned playground under bridge to become skatepark.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Not just any party — this one comes with tanks rolling past the Lincoln Memorial and jets streaking over the scorched dome of democracy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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For the families who own the scorched land where their house once stood, insurance companies often won’t cover the full cost of rebuilding, and past natural disasters show that rebuilding after a fire can take years.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
5 June 2025
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The Table Rock Fire in Pickens County, northwest South Carolina, ignited Friday and has grown to more than 1,300 acres, the commission said in a Sunday night update.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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The fire ignited last week but grew rapidly over the weekend, fueled by low humidity and dry vegetation, officials said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Be aware that, once dormancy is broken, flower buds on the stems are also vulnerable to frost/freeze damage, and that might not be as evident as the singed edges or distorted-leaf symptoms on expanding foliage.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Apr. 2025
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When squirrels scale the giant tree towering over the property, a crispy sound wafts from the singed bark.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Incinerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerated. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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