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melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
The most recent eruption occurred in June, spewing thick clouds of gas and molten rock as high as 4 miles into the air at some points.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
The World's Tallest Glass Tree Festival returns to Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay this December, inviting tens of thousands of visitors from Wisconsin and Illinois and beyond to partake in the creation of a 36-foot glass Christmas tree made from molten, recycled glass.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The deep crater of the volcano now filled with water sits atop the still-active magma column of molten rock.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The molten cheese brings all the ingredients together, but a high ratio of corn to dumpling and the bright basil in the pesto keep this dish light enough for summer.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
The World's Tallest Glass Tree Festival returns to Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay this December, inviting tens of thousands of visitors from Wisconsin and Illinois and beyond to partake in the creation of a 36-foot glass Christmas tree made from molten, recycled glass.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The deep crater of the volcano now filled with water sits atop the still-active magma column of molten rock.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The molten cheese brings all the ingredients together, but a high ratio of corn to dumpling and the bright basil in the pesto keep this dish light enough for summer.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molten
Adjective
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Their aurora borealis tours include midnight snacks as well as coffee and tea, plus access to a cozy campfire and a heated yurt.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Nov. 2025
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Musk, who helped start OpenAI in 2015, is in a heated legal dispute with Altman and now runs competing artificial intelligence startup xAI.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Olivine is a mineral primarily found in igneous rocks (rocks created through the solidification and crystallization of molten rock) that are rich in magnesium and iron.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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Today’s rich variety of igneous rocks forms thanks to complex processes, including remelting, adsorption, and exchange of chemical elements, happening in Earth’s crust and driven by plate tectonics.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Two forces of nature merged in a Hawaii volcano when a superheated whirlwind began dancing around a gushing lava fountain, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.—
Mark Price,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The black hole's pulses are the result of fluctuations in the superheated plasma swirling around it (also known as the accretion disk) and the inner region called the corona, which can reach extreme temperatures and radiate incredibly luminous X-rays.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Lead singer Brandon Coleman, as usual, puts forth a commanding, soulful vocal that encapsulates the lyric’s seething exasperation and longing for less division.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
6 Oct. 2025
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After his second impeachment by the House of Representatives in January 2021, there were reports that a seething Trump was not going to pay his personal attorney's legal fees.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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One is the defense, which held a white-hot Commodores offense to season lows in points, total yards, total plays, yards per play and first downs.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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That thing — that white-hot moment for rock — was never the same in that way again.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Astronaut Center of China (ACC) shared footage of the astronauts preparing New Orleans–style chicken wings and black pepper steak, and savoring the sizzling results.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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What made our top 10 list of sizzling moments?—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Its lighter, more delicate texture is best suited to baking, poaching, or searing.—
Rachael Zimlich,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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Racking up enthusiastic reviews, Dave’s Hot Chicken has made a searing entry into the Boise market.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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