sear
/sɪə(ɹ)/ · adjective
Meaning
- Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
- A scar produced by searing
- Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
- 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.
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