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
Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid scorching the milk.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
One of the biggest questions in 2025 is what happens to AI leader Nvidia after another year of scorching market appreciation and record-setting earnings.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
After publicly scorching the Park District for their policies, the music festival stormed out of Chicago for the SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2024
The only thing to watch out for, aside from the sharp food processor blade, is scorching the cream mixture.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
Iran was, of course, never going to submit the dissident filmmaker’s scorching indictment of Iranian patriarchy to the Oscars.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
The devastating blaze had reached 99% containment earlier this month after scorching 55,000 acres in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
—Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Stray animals are also at risk of suffering from heat exhaustion during scorching summers.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid scorching the milk.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
One of the biggest questions in 2025 is what happens to AI leader Nvidia after another year of scorching market appreciation and record-setting earnings.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
After publicly scorching the Park District for their policies, the music festival stormed out of Chicago for the SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2024
The only thing to watch out for, aside from the sharp food processor blade, is scorching the cream mixture.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
Iran was, of course, never going to submit the dissident filmmaker’s scorching indictment of Iranian patriarchy to the Oscars.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
The devastating blaze had reached 99% containment earlier this month after scorching 55,000 acres in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
—Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorching
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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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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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Set in 2019 Los Angeles, Akil’s update paints a searing portrait of the issues faced by teenagers today, exploring the social media age and how, via the race-swapping of the leads, Black kids come of age in white America.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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As one more analogous reference, the need to manage hows reminds me of great literature, in particular, Viktor Frankl’s searing memoir Man’s Search For Meaning.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Below, check out today's last-chance gift ideas, snag tickets for this weekend's hottest sporting events and more, all hand-picked by the USA TODAY Shopping team.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Day-of: Finalize dishes, prep any oven dishes, assemble salads without dressing, roast veggies, and cook proteins (or any hot dishes, for that matter).—
Ginger Perra,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Axial Seamount formed on what’s known as a hot spot, where plumes of molten rock rise from Earth’s mantle into the crust.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
8 May 2025
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But a lot of lunar crystals seem to have formed from a second reservoir of molten rock 4.35 billion years ago.—
Robin George Andrews,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Scorching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorching. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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