as in burn
a burn left on the skin that is caused by hot liquid or steam
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Recent Examples of scald
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
She was also covered in urine scalding and her body was full of infection.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Applying a thin layer of lawn soil might help protect the green runners from sun scald but is probably not necessary.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
Pull a bag out of the package, toss it in the microwave, wait just long enough to not scald your fingers (been there), tear open the bag and eat.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
She was also covered in urine scalding and her body was full of infection.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scald
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While SpaceX recently completed the 12th flight test of its Starship, with the upper stage making a picture-perfect splashdown in the Indian Ocean, its first-stage rocket made an unscheduled kamikaze dive into the Gulf of Mexico after its 33 engines failed to reignite for a boost-back burn.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Authorities initially said one person was killed and nine were injured, including with chemical burns.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
Verb
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Some varieties of slicing cucumbers have very tender skins and bruise easily.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 2026
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Stone fruits like peaches, nectarines, and plums bruise easily, along with berries, tomatoes, avocados, and pears—especially when they're fully ripened.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
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As a scorching wind tears across the barren, rocky slopes of Komote Island off the shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Alfred Lenkutuk sits in the meager shelter of his hut, gazing out over the village where he was born and remembering better times.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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Nicole Maccalla, a member of Eaton Fire Residents United, spent five months fighting with her insurer after the Eaton fire scorched the roof of her home.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
31 May 2026
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Blazes can simmer in peat bogs and other areas of organic matter several feet below ground, just waiting to ignite again.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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The war in Sudan broke out in April 2023 after long-simmering tensions between the army and RSF erupted into a full-out war.—
Fatma Khaled,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The overwhelming majority of the teens at the lakefront were not there intending to cause harm.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Some of these people are trying to inflict harm on this transaction really because of their own antisemitic views.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
2 June 2026
Verb
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That biography took the form of a dark romance between the self-lacerating Louis and his fiercely loving but brutal maker, Lestat, filtered through the former’s brooding subjectivity.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 June 2026
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The industry’s issues have come up in debates and on the campaign trail, certainly, but perhaps not so much as challenger (and ex-reality TV villain) Spencer Pratt’s lacerating AI videos about Bass’ role in last year’s devastating Pacific Palisades fires.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Verb
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The community continues their day-to-day errands around us, harvesting sugar cane and stoking fires for cooking.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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In the early years, Barbara cooked homemade pasta and blueberry bread for customers who bought tandems.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
1 June 2026
Verb
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While some water-soluble nutrients may be lost during this process, parboiling can reduce phytic acid (an antinutrient), which may help improve the availability of certain nutrients.10 3.—
Joy Emeh,
Health,
8 May 2026
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Gnocchi and mushrooms roast without parboiling, then get finished with creamy ricotta and lemon to cut through the richness.—
Monti Carlo,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Scald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scald. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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