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Back then, rising, volatile-rich magma caused a more violent explosion than molten rock alone would have experienced, suggesting that Mercury’s interior wasn’t as dry as once thought.
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Also in 1954, the Oak Ridge National Lab team activated ARE—the very first molten salt reactor.
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So eat your feelings with La Tur, a decadent, almost molten cheese that takes care of you and makes any bad day go away.
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Black layers had once been molten rock, injected into the sediments of those old seas, probably long after the water had been squeezed from them and their crystalline form changed.
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Consider easy-to-make Olive Crostini, a vegan version of a classic Oregonian recipe that broils in the oven, turning each toast point into molten goodness.
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Superimposed on the screen is footage of burning houses and molten lava.
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Matt’s Bar & Grill, home of the molten cheese core, is the original landmark burger dive.
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The 8,070-foot volcano began releasing spurts of incandescent molten rock and spewing clouds of smoke and ash into the sky, causing over 30,000 local residents to evacuate the region.
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Origin and Etymology of molten
Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt
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Definition of molten for Students
: melted especially by very great heat
- molten metal
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