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make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines" dry |
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