scorched
adjective
[ skɔːtʃt ]
• burned by flames or heat.
• "the suburbs resembled a battlefield with row after row of burned-out homes and the scorched remains of cars"
scorch
verb
• burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.
• "surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast"
• (of a person or vehicle) move very fast.
• "a sports car was scorching along the expressway"
Similar:
speed,
zoom,
whizz,
blast,
zap,
zip,
burn,
burn rubber,
belt,
vroom,
bomb,
bucket,
put one's foot down,
blind,
barrel,
lay rubber,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shrivelled’.
