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scorch

[skawrch] / skɔrtʃ /


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“In a physical attack, you can crash into drones, trap them in a net or scorch them with a laser,” said Andres Gomez, an electronics engineer at Aeronautical Industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

All eyes then turned on the final racer, the 25-year-old Braathen keeping his calm to scorch through to a historic victory for his adopted homeland.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

After the fire was extinguished, scorch marks can be seen rising from the shop's doors and windows, one of which appears completely destroyed.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

You’re not looking to fully blacken every kernel, just enough scorch to bring out that toasty, nutty edge.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

They are comets and meteors burning past her little capsule; they scorch up her very skin as she tries to sleep.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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