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The correct answer is scorch.

Sear

A. foresee
B. advocate
C. predict
D. scorch

The correct answer is (D) To scorch; to burn the surface painfully; to cauterize; to mark with a branding iron. Also, to brown; to dry up; to wither.

Sear comes from Old English searian (to dry).

Examples of use:

  • The bright summer sun seared the crops.
  • The cowhand seared the heifer's skin with the hot branding iron.


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