scorch — OET · Shobdo

scorch

verb

1 the buildings around us were scorched by the fire:

burn, sear, singe, char, blacken, discolour;

rare torrefy.

2 grass scorched by the sun:

dry up, desiccate, parch, wither, shrivel;

burn, bake, roast.

3 informal to get to New York you have to scorch along sixteen-lane highways:

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.

scorch Oxford Dictionary of English