The Bronx has been trying to remove the scorch marks from its name since the 1970s, when arson fires, rampant crime and poverty pushed residents out in droves; made the borough a national symbol of urban decay; and saddled it with the apocalyptic phrase, "the Bronx is burning".
Microwave ovens differ a lot, but all you have to know is that you have to remove the bread from the oven before the sugar gets scorched.
She had consulted a gynecologist and a surgeon, both of whom had recommended an aggressive procedure to remove the ovaries and the surrounding tissue — a scorched-earth operation with many long-term consequences.
Do not let the garlic scorch; if it begins to brown, remove the pan from the heat.
At some 30 sites scattered across Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, anthropologists have found skulls with their tops smashed in and brains apparently removed; some are scorched with burn marks.
TARTUS, Syria — Loyalists who support the government of President Bashar al-Assad are flocking to the Mediterranean port of Tartus, creating an overflowing boomtown far removed from the tangled, scorched rubble that now mars most Syrian cities.
I visited one of the bomb sites on Monday, and even with the bodies removed, the scale of the destruction was evident in the mangled furniture, collapsed walls, scorch marks and pools of bright blood.
Big pieces of poultry or delicate fillets of fish can be deftly moved, lifted, pushed or removed without the griller being scorched in the process.
(The Americans scorched the Greeks, 22-2, on fast-break points).
