blackened

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AFP footage taken from a plane showed it listing onto one side, parts of it blackened and seriously damaged by fire, with two holes either side in the middle of the hull.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

The gold-plated figure she’d won for “Fantastic Beasts” was warped and blackened by heat, its surface blistered and twisted like something pulled from a furnace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

He also explained how there was a "blackened appearance" on both knees as well as "an obvious swelling" in the middle of his forehead.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The breadcrumb shards that blackened and caramelized at the edges of the sheet pan.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

But their well-tended vegetable gardens, small frame houses, and privies were blackened with soot from coal-burning steel plants nearby.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell