The expression TO A CRISP means to a state of being hard, dry, and easily broken:
The village was burned to a crisp.
The sun fried them to a crisp.
If you keep the meat on the grill any longer, it’ll burn to a crisp.
They died in a fire. Their bodies were burned to a crisp.
He roasted the beef to a crisp.
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