scorched
adj.slightly burned on the surface, or very dry because of heat. You use it to describe things like grass in the sun or toast that stayed in the machine too long.
adj.having a surface that is slightly burned or discoloured by heat; severely parched by sunlight or fire. Often used as a participial adjective to describe landscapes or materials.
“The grass was scorched after the long, hot summer.”
“Firefighters surveyed the scorched remains of the forest, noting that only the thickest tree trunks had survived the blaze.”
“The scorched earth policy left the invading army with no local resources to plunder, forcing them to rely on increasingly fragile supply lines stretching back across the border.”
Often follows a linking verb like 'look' or 'remain', or precedes a noun as a modifier.
Usage scorched fields
“The four are suspected of setting fires that scorched pine forests and olive groves as Croatia battles a wave of blazes fuelled by drought and heat.”
“Together, they had scorched 77,000 hectares, an area roughly equal in size to New York City.”