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Synonyms of scorch in English:

scorch


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verb

1‘the buildings around us were scorched by the fire’

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burn, sear, singe, char, blacken, discolour
rare torrefy

2‘grass scorched by the sun’

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dry up, desiccate, parch, wither, shrivel
burn, bake, roast

3‘to get to New York you have to scorch along sixteen-lane highways’

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speed, zoom, whizz, blast
informal zap, zip, burn, burn rubber, belt, vroom
British informal bomb, bucket, put one's foot down, blind
North American informal barrel, lay rubber