bescorched

/bɪˈskɔːrtʃt/
adjective
  1. Burned or scorched on the surface, often by fire or intense heat.
    • She threw away the bescorched pan after leaving it on the stove too long.
    • The bescorched fields after the wildfire looked like a blackened desert.
    • The ancient manuscript had bescorched edges from a candle that had fallen on it.
verb
  1. Past tense of bescorch: burned or scorched the surface of something.
    • He accidentally bescorched the toast while reading the newspaper.
    • The dragon's breath bescorched the knight's shield, but he held firm.
    • The sun bescorched the wooden deck, leaving it cracked and faded.
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