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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Both egg rolls were perfectly chewy and fried to a crisp, coating my hands in a healthy smattering of grease.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The trick isn’t to burn them to a crisp but to use just enough heat so that the leaves wilt.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
Doval has now gone 17 consecutive appearances without allowing a run, lowering his ERA to a crisp 1.25.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 May 2025
Once Upon a Time … helped launch the careers of Sydney Sweeney and Mikey Madison, the latter of whom went directly from a Manson murderess fried to a crisp by Rick Dalton’s movie prop flame thrower, to the Best Actress Oscar winner for Anora.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The trick isn’t to burn them to a crisp but to use just enough heat so that the leaves wilt.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
Doval has now gone 17 consecutive appearances without allowing a run, lowering his ERA to a crisp 1.25.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 May 2025
Once Upon a Time … helped launch the careers of Sydney Sweeney and Mikey Madison, the latter of whom went directly from a Manson murderess fried to a crisp by Rick Dalton’s movie prop flame thrower, to the Best Actress Oscar winner for Anora.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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“To a crisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20crisp. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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