sear
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/sɪə(ɹ)/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
noun
- A scar produced by searing
- Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
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.”
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Synonyms
witheredshriveledshrivelledparchscorchseredrydried-upwitherburningburncauterizecharjwdesiccatewithering