to a crisp
idiom
: to a state of being hard, dry, and easily broken
The toast had been burned to a crisp.
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Beloved, long-standing restaurants like the seafood spot the Reel Inn, once located at Topanga State Park in Malibu and now burned to a crisp, became ruins.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Grasses and sagebrush that had previously greened in spring rains dried to a crisp and stayed that way, a perfect buffet of fuel for a blaze to feast on.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of antiques and ancient artifacts would be burnt to a crisp.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
And more importantly, Derek’s tortillas have burnt to a crisp.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Grasses and sagebrush that had previously greened in spring rains dried to a crisp and stayed that way, a perfect buffet of fuel for a blaze to feast on.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of antiques and ancient artifacts would be burnt to a crisp.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
And more importantly, Derek’s tortillas have burnt to a crisp.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“To a crisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20crisp. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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