Scorch: alternatives and connections

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Burnt; consumed.

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The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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To whisper.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.

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To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.

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See Singe.

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Alt. of Sere

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Alt. of Sere

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To make or render black.

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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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Alt. of Charr

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To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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Alt. of Sere

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To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.

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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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