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• v  make or become black
  The smoke blackened the ceiling
  The ceiling blackened
• v  burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  The cook blackened the chicken breast
• s  darkened by smoke
  blackened rafters
• s  (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• It was a typical gay fund raiser--there were lemony vodka drinks with mint sprigs; there were gift bags with Calvin Klein sunglasses; Friedrichs prepared little blackened-tuna-with .
• Some narcotics were discovered, a complete hypodermic set, blackened spoons in which "dope" had been cooked, needles and gouges with which inmates without syringes gashed .
• Number of people potentially affected: 3,000,000 Type of pollutant: Coal and particulates Source of pollution: Automobile and industrial emissions This soot-blackened .

• blacken
• melanize
• melanise
• nigrify
• black
• char
• sear
• scorch

• whiten

News & Articles

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• Lake Hughes foundation holds event to thank firefighters
  LAKE HUGHES — With hills blackened by the Powerhouse Fire looming nearby, a few dozen people gathered in Lake Hughes Saturday for a lunch event to thank the firefighters who battled the blaze.
  June 23, 2013 - The Signal
• Blackened Rockfish with Crabmeat
  The Rusty Scupper shares its recipe for Blackened Rockfish with Crabmeat.
  June 20, 2013 - WBAL-TV Baltimore
• Black Forest fire investigators narrow search for clues to its cause
  Investigators seeking clues about the origin of the Black Forest fire have narrowed their search to a 28-square-foot patch of blackened ground, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said Thursday.
  June 20, 2013 - Denver Post

Quotes

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• Haroon Rashid in New York Times
  The houses have been razed to the ground. There is nothing left,Mr. Rashid said after visiting the scene. "Pieces of the missiles are scattered all around. The impact of the explosions have been huge, everything has been blackened in a 100...
• Tom LaBonge in Daily Breeze
  The fire blackened more than 1,000 acres. Now it's unbelievable,said Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge, who was one of the first to respond to the fire. "I have never seen so many wildflowers, except in San Francisco in 1969."
• Butch Otter in Twin Falls Times-News
  I don't remember us going through such devastation,said Gov. CL "Butch" Otter, after a tour of the fire zone in an Idaho Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter on Monday. "From horizon to horizon, it was blackened."