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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
in our air-conditioned office, we were oblivious to the searing heat outside
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as in harsh
difficult to endure
the undersecretary looked chastened as he listened to the congressman's searing rebuke
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as in drying
to make dry
the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun
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Recent Examples of searing
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The Dutch oven will get ripping hot for searing, but also insulate the braise, holding in much of the moisture and producing tender, fall-off-the-bone meat.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Applying a little to protect the thin skin of your lips from cold winds, searing sun, or any other force that might dry, chap, and crack them feels both common sense and routine.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk is a powerful meditation on friendship and a searing look at the unending violence in Gaza.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The Dutch oven will get ripping hot for searing, but also insulate the braise, holding in much of the moisture and producing tender, fall-off-the-bone meat.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The second series of Meghan Markle's cooking show has been hit by searing criticism from reviewers landing it an even worse Rotten Tomatoes rating than Season 1.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Applying a little to protect the thin skin of your lips from cold winds, searing sun, or any other force that might dry, chap, and crack them feels both common sense and routine.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for searing
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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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The triumphant narrative began to fray when exceedingly harsh lockdown measures could no longer contain the spread of the virus, and the staggering human cost in the name of protecting lives defied all logic.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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There are no easy fixes, so figuring out how to cushion the harsh impact will be the basis of negotiations with other parties in the Japanese legislature, the Diet.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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Some of the bodies also showed signs of charring on certain parts of the skeleton, which further supports the theory that the remains were exposed to fire pre-burial, per the researchers.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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In some methods, these processes work by disrupting the combustion cycle, either by charring the fabric, releasing flame-suppressing gases, or creating an insulating layer.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Homemade potpourri The most labor-intensive part of making potpourri is drying the fruit.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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But channeling your grandma and hanging your clothes on a drying rack or clothes line will pay off over months and years.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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The scene, which was not in Stephenie Meyer's 2008 book that the movie was adapted from, raised eyebrows for its brutal killings of vampires Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), as well as werewolves Seth (Booboo Stewart) and Leah Clearwater (Julia Jones).—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a new era of Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders, the race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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With that in mind, the singer makes scorching sonic choices.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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
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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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“Searing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/searing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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