blasted

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The programme title is a play on Lord Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera, basted on the novel by Gaston Leroux.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Not so readily, however: The researchers cut a black spatula into small pieces and basted them in 320-degree cooking oil for 15 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

As a child, Yamamoto said he sometimes snacked on soy-sauce basted grasshoppers.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2023

Cooked over or under a live flame, protein or vegetables are basted with a marinade that turns into a glaze and coats the food.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

I cooked lunch for myself—pork and beans, or chicken basted in onions and orange juice, or on days when I was feeling lazy, soup from a can—and sat at the table alone eating it.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez