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
New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
One example of this is an older person falling in the shower, not being able to get up and being scalded by hot water.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 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
However, this also results in the bottom portion being scalding hot if a meal is sauce-based like pastas, and the top portion being undercooked with random cold spots.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
One example of this is an older person falling in the shower, not being able to get up and being scalded by hot water.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scald
Noun
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But the leak appeared to get worse when the service module fired its main engine for the translunar injection burn on Day 2 of the flight, according to Amit Kshatriya, NASA’s associate administrator.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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The maneuver, known as a translunar injection burn, boosted the spacecraft’s velocity enough to send it out of Earth orbit.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The minutiae of his substitution pattern at the beginning of a game wouldn’t bruise his ego, his insatiable yearning to shoot the basketball that Denver desperately needed.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Kings played without Russell Westbrook (quad bruise).—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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In the hours after splashdown, space wonks noticed a large, unusual-looking white patch on the otherwise dark and scorched heat shield.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
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The last time Anthony Black stepped onto the court inside Xfinity Mobile Arena, the young Magic guard scorched the Sixers with 31 points and four 3-pointers during a 41-point Orlando road victory.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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But even as mediators worked for peace, tensions simmered.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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That means burning wood down to coals and scattering them by the shovelful under pigs simmering on long cinder block pits.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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Unlike e-bikes, or the electric scooters that preceded them, delivery robots aren’t yet causing widespread physical harm.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Research on conflict and humanitarian contexts suggests that expansive conceptualizations of gender can better reveal dimensions of harms experienced by people who are not cisgender, heterosexual women or girls.—
Jenna Norosky,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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The results are melodramatic and violent: Stroheim’s lacerating approach to the subject turns its champagne fantasy into bracing and eye-opening bitters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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Chicken is beloved for being nutrient-packed, easy to cook, and an excellent source of lean protein.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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Continue rolling and cooking the tortillas in batches, making sure to return the oil to 350 degrees between batches.—
Carole Kotkin,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 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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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,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Scald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scald. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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