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Recent Examples of superheat
Insects bask in the sunlight to superheat their bodies and cook invading organisms; humans do the same by running a fever.
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Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
This superheats this material—mostly gas in the form of plasma—to temperatures of millions of degrees.
—Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2023
Such a large amount of mass in such a small volume causes extraordinary gravitational forces, which in turn accelerate galaxies to speeds of millions of kilometres per hour and superheat the plasma that permeates the cluster to millions of degrees Celsius.
—Toby Brown, CNN, 10 Dec. 2021
A billion years later the core will superheat to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit and begin rapidly burning helium, fusing it into carbon and oxygen.
—Brian T. Jacobs, National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2021
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Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
This superheats this material—mostly gas in the form of plasma—to temperatures of millions of degrees.
—Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2023
Such a large amount of mass in such a small volume causes extraordinary gravitational forces, which in turn accelerate galaxies to speeds of millions of kilometres per hour and superheat the plasma that permeates the cluster to millions of degrees Celsius.
—Toby Brown, CNN, 10 Dec. 2021
A billion years later the core will superheat to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit and begin rapidly burning helium, fusing it into carbon and oxygen.
—Brian T. Jacobs, National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superheat
Verb
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Coal is heated without oxygen to extreme temperatures, as high as over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, to produce coke.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.—
Howard Lee,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Despite the current dynamics at play in the U.S. housing market, there are still markets that are resisting the price correction that is already ongoing in places like Austin, Texas, or Tampa, Florida, which became particularly overheated during the pandemic.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Utilities aim to prevent overheating their lines and avoid causing outages.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There’s a full kitchen for cooking (or reheating empanadas purchased in town), a spacious terrace that makes the most of the view, and a private jacuzzi out front might be the best seat in the house.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
31 July 2025
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To reheat, add a few tablespoons of water and warm it on the stove, covered, stirring here and there.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Shildt did not have anyone warming in the bullpen until Carroll’s double.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Least confident on how much warming the coastal areas will see.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Superheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superheat. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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