When the day broke, the cold was intense, and the sharp north wind was parching everything.
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Parching
Synonyms for "parching" (44 found)
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A drought in South Africa is emptying reservoirs and parching crops, raising fears of a failed corn harvest and skyrocketing prices of the country's staple food.
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Who can unpitying see the flowery race, / Shed by the morn, their new-flush'd bloom resign, / Before the parching beam?
Source: wiktionary
The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.
Source: wiktionary
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