seared

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English

Definitions

verb

To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.
To wither; to dry up.
To make callous or insensible.
To mark permanently, as if by burning.“The events of that day were seared into her memory.”

adjective

Blackened by heat; scorched; burned

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Synonyms

cooked flagged marked pan burned cauterized dialed scallops scored firescorched burnt conflagrated aburn scorched earth roast blackened

Associated

steak flavor sauce consciousness beef flames meat chicken raw heat

Rhymes

revered weird sneered peered jeered veered steered adhered persevered smeared

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