burnt to a crisp
Blackened beyond recognition
Burnt to a crisp describes something charred beyond recognition or usefulness by heat—blackened, dried out, completely overcooked: I forgot the toast and it burned to a crisp.
The phrase emphasizes totality; crisp here suggests brittleness from all moisture being driven out.
It applies literally to food or figuratively to anything destroyed by fire or intense heat: The documents were burnt to a crisp in the blaze.
- blackenedDarkened by burning
- scorchedBurned on surface
- charredBurned until black
- char marksBlackened areas from burning
- cinderCombustion residue fragment
incinerated · cremated · singed · ash · carbonized · soot · up in smoke · frazzled · smoke · smoke alarm · overcooked · well done · toast points · grill · depleted · overdone · exhausted · roasted