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if you scorch something, or if it scorches, it burns enough to change colour or be damaged on the surface
The forest fire was contained after scorching some ten thousand acres.
if extreme heat scorches you, it is so hot that it is painful
The hot pavement scorched the bottoms of their bare feet.
if heat or a substance put on a plant scorches it, or if the plant scorches, it becomes dry and dies
If you fertilize the plant now, it will scorch.
to go or move very fast
He scorched across the finishing line to victory.
