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Meanings of blackened in English

(Of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood.

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Usage of blackened in English
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Today, you can see blackened ruins, including a mostly destroyed 18th-century theatre.
BBC
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Before Castle Carris a turbulent, roaring sea of reavers blackened the land.
The Lair of Bones
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Reavers blackened the land and continued marching from the south all morning.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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Your eye is not so blackened as 'twas a few days ago.
The irish warrior
5
There was nothing there now except a large area of blackened stone.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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The ceiling of the crypt is blackened by the smoke of lamps.
Byeways in Palestine
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It's been purgatory this year, frogspawn frozen, broad beans blackened by frost.
The Guardian
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In spots the sea was blackened by charred and sometimes smoking fragments.
Ben-Hur
9
The glands on the central disc were blackened, and had ceased secreting.
Insectivorous Plants
10
It really was coming from behind the blackened wall of the Dome.
Under the dome: a novel
11
A smoky haze rose from the blackened remains of Polly Larenski's house.
The panic zone
12
He pulled a blackened card out of the interior of the panel.
Greylorn
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Chimneys of blackened stone were all that was left of the houses.
Sons of the Oak
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The skies blackened just before lunch and, sure enough, the rain came.
The Irish Times
15
The ruins are still charred and blackened by the West Saxon fires.
Science in Arcady
16
The smoke of incense and of altar candles Has blackened it already.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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