as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
we keep indoors as much as possible during the day so as to avoid the scorching summer heat
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as in charring
to burn on the surface
the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire
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as in drying
to make dry
weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil
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Recent Examples of scorching
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Welcome to our annual selection of the most scorching titles headed to MIPCOM this year, Deadline’s The Hot Ones.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … TRAIL TENSIONS – Virginia gubernatorial race heats up with a scorching ad about Jay Jones' text scandal.
—FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Wright, though, is the one in scorching-hot form in the English Championship.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Through the unrelenting summer, Japan’s hospitals have received waves of elderly patients, including some who collapsed at home, or on the street under the scorching sun.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
That water vapor, a potent greenhouse gas, would have pushed the world into a scorching-hot greenhouse state not long after its birth.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
And in a scorching June 22 piece on generative AI, Oliver continually brought the argument back to a fundamental but often overlooked human issue with the industry.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Behold, as the seasons change and the scorching summer sun gives way to autumn leaves, another slate of restaurants is expected to open before year’s end.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Allure editors have long sung the praises of Dyson’s beauty tools—like the Supersonic Origin Hair Dryer, which cuts dry time without scorching your strands, and the Airwrap Origin, known for giving you a salon-quality blowout with barely any heat.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
With that in mind, the singer makes scorching sonic choices.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Le Creuset Stoneware Heritage Rectangular Dish This baking dish is crafted from durable stone that maintains even temperatures and prevents scorching.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Shares of the database software company have soared more than 80% this year, the seventh-best performance in the S&P 500 Index, as scorching demand for AI computing turbocharges its revenue growth.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
With cold winters and scorching summers, many wineries harvest the grapes at night when temperatures are cooler to prevent fermentation before the grapes can be processed.
—Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
The resulting scorching ash cloud reached as high as 16 miles into the atmosphere, darkening the sky and causing homes and businesses as far as 300 miles away to close.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
A’ja Wilson, incumbent MVP and leader of scorching Las Vegas, seeks the award for the fourth time in her career.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
In the second episode, the DMV staff comes to work on a scorching hot day.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Welcome to our annual selection of the most scorching titles headed to MIPCOM this year, Deadline’s The Hot Ones.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … TRAIL TENSIONS – Virginia gubernatorial race heats up with a scorching ad about Jay Jones' text scandal.
—FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Wright, though, is the one in scorching-hot form in the English Championship.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Through the unrelenting summer, Japan’s hospitals have received waves of elderly patients, including some who collapsed at home, or on the street under the scorching sun.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
That water vapor, a potent greenhouse gas, would have pushed the world into a scorching-hot greenhouse state not long after its birth.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
And in a scorching June 22 piece on generative AI, Oliver continually brought the argument back to a fundamental but often overlooked human issue with the industry.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Behold, as the seasons change and the scorching summer sun gives way to autumn leaves, another slate of restaurants is expected to open before year’s end.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
What began as a small brush fire on federal land soon roared into an inferno that would later reignite as the Palisades Fire, scorching more than 200 acres across the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Allure editors have long sung the praises of Dyson’s beauty tools—like the Supersonic Origin Hair Dryer, which cuts dry time without scorching your strands, and the Airwrap Origin, known for giving you a salon-quality blowout with barely any heat.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
With that in mind, the singer makes scorching sonic choices.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Le Creuset Stoneware Heritage Rectangular Dish This baking dish is crafted from durable stone that maintains even temperatures and prevents scorching.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Shares of the database software company have soared more than 80% this year, the seventh-best performance in the S&P 500 Index, as scorching demand for AI computing turbocharges its revenue growth.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
With cold winters and scorching summers, many wineries harvest the grapes at night when temperatures are cooler to prevent fermentation before the grapes can be processed.
—Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
The resulting scorching ash cloud reached as high as 16 miles into the atmosphere, darkening the sky and causing homes and businesses as far as 300 miles away to close.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
A’ja Wilson, incumbent MVP and leader of scorching Las Vegas, seeks the award for the fourth time in her career.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorching
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
Verb
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Some of the bodies also showed signs of charring on certain parts of the skeleton, which further supports the theory that the remains were exposed to fire pre-burial, per the researchers.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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In some methods, these processes work by disrupting the combustion cycle, either by charring the fabric, releasing flame-suppressing gases, or creating an insulating layer.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There is a self-cleaning system, and the electronic drying function prevents water from pooling on your countertops.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Once the washing is done, the drying system circulates warm air – 110 °F (43 °C) – through carpet fibers, drying up to 400 sq ft of carpet in around two hours.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Cooked this way, the chicken will turn out juicy and tender, while the crust of the chicken is crisp from the searing process.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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The searing layer of magma beneath the planet’s crust continuously releases heat through the decay of radioactive elements such as uranium (U) and potassium (K).—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As in, water not hot or not hot enough for sanitization.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Lions are the NFL’s hottest team, with a four-game winning streak, and own the NFL’s best record at 31-8 since the start of the 2023 season.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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While the rest of his body was a meandering ghost, his eyes were molten rage-arrows piercing the other people onstage.—
Betty Gilpin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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To physically produce this new, strong, small-precipitate alloy, the team realized 3D printing would be the way to go instead of traditional metal casting, in which molten liquid aluminum is poured into a mold and is left to cool and harden.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Scorching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorching. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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