What is the meaning of scorched?

verb

• Make very hot and dry.
  • usage: "The heat scorched the countryside"
  • synonyms: sear, scorch
• Become superficially burned.
  • usage: "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
  • synonyms: scorch, sear, singe
• Destroy completely by or as if by fire.
  • usage: "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
  • synonyms: scorch
• Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
  • usage: "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
  • synonyms: char, blacken, sear, scorch
• Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions.
  • usage: "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
  • synonyms: scorch

adjective

• Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
  • usage: "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
  • synonyms: adust, baked, parched, sunbaked
• Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy.
  • usage: "Sherman's scorched earth policy"