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scorching

verb

Meaning

  • To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

  • To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy

  • (To cause) to become scorched or singed

  • To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).

  • To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.

  • To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.

  • To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

noun

Meaning

  • The act or result of something being scorched.

adjective

Meaning

  • Very hot.

    "It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade."

  • Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.

  • (Of speed when driving, running, etc.) very high.