badly charred

Frequency: 6.55.2 per million words

Indicates something is severely or extensively burnt.

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Examples (10)

  • The firefighters found the building's wooden frame was badly charred.
  • Investigators could barely identify the badly charred remains of the vehicle.
  • I forgot about the toast, and it came out badly charred and inedible.
  • He left the steak on the grill for too long, leaving one side badly charred.
  • The evidence was so badly charred that it was useless to the investigation.
  • Ancient scrolls discovered in the cave were badly charred but still readable.
  • After the forest fire, the trees stood like badly charred skeletons.
  • By the time they extinguished the blaze, the entire roof had become badly charred.
  • The report states that the documents are badly charred but partially legible.
  • Rescuers sifted through the wreckage, finding little more than badly charred debris.