Word of the Day.

Brûlé

"The French and British were caught off guard and handsomely brûlé but the reaction, in the form of the Stresa Front, offered little impediment to Germany's plans, though the resulting international hullabaloo afforded Canaris an opportunity, on 29 March, to dictate a directive rather in the style of Nicolai..."

Hitler's Spy Chief, Richard Bassett, p. 117.

Definition - burnt.

brûlé, adj(=qui a brûlé)
[bois, déchets] burnt
brûlé par le soleil [champs, paysages, terres] burnt
la politique de la terre brûlée burnt earth policy
brûlé vif burnt alive
brûlée vive burnt alive
[espion] blown
[homme politique] discredited

Which is why creme brûlé is "burnt cream."