[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly:The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.Synonyms: blister , char", "to parch or shrivel with heat:The sun scorched the grass.", "to criticize severely.Synonyms: condemn , excoriate Antonyms: laud", "Machinery. burn1(def32) burn1(def32).", "to destroy (crops, towns, etc.) by or as if by fire in the path of an invading army's advance."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become scorched:Milk scorches easily.", "Informal.to travel or drive at high speed:The car scorched along the highway."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a superficial burn."]}]