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verb

present participle of scald

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Recent Examples of scalding
Verb
Experts generally agree on the same basic steps to reduce risks in your house: Set your water heater no higher than 120 degrees to prevent scalding. Paul L. Underwood, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020 But the Nets bench called timeout with 1.4 seconds left, giving them a chance to get the ball to the scalding-hot LeVert. Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2020 But Reimann achieves an exemplary balance by alternating his scalding eruptions of vocal power (which in general are sparsely accompanied, sometimes by percussion alone) with full-throttle tutti blasts from the orchestra. Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 7 Dec. 2019 Two weeks ago, family and friends laid to rest Malachi Lawson, the 4-year-old who was burned in a scalding bath, his body then tossed in a dumpster. Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for scalding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalding
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • And the show has to be satirical.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Kuang's latest is a satirical look at the brutal nature of academia.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • To really bring it over the top, Ina calls for simmering a small mixture of butter and flour just before plating.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Seoul, South Korea — The US Air Force is putting a permanent drone presence on the Korean Peninsula, reviving a World War II-era squadron to bolster security amid simmering military tensions in the region.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His own divorce from actress Jennifer Jason Leigh informed his Oscar-winning Marriage Story (2019), a searing look at love unraveling.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And McConaughey, as a nervy reluctant hero, steers the searing, intense narrative about normal people living through the most hellish of circumstances.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Baking or steaming them helps preserve their nutrients, while roasting brings out their natural sweetness.
    Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The game show host wasn’t done with his roasting session.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, the material is wrinkle-free, which will save you from steaming it in the mornings.
    Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The expansive lawn is dotted with games—cornhole, soccer, and ladder toss for the kids—and solo fire pits where families gather under starry skies to toast s’mores or enjoy a steaming mug of hot cider.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Add onion, garlic, ginger, celery to hot oil and cook for 2 minutes; do not allow to brown.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • After the slow, quiet, hot month of August, when many Parisians leave the city and go on holiday, the arrival of fall fills the city with life again as temperatures cool and everyone gets back to their routine.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Scalding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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