as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Recent Examples of white-hot
Suddenly, an apocalyptic eruption shot white-hot rocks into the darkening sky.
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Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
The only drawback is that while Raphinha has been outstanding, the Brazilian has been on an unsustainable, white-hot finishing run in Europe this season.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
What began as a white-hot heel turn by The New Day has gone somewhat lukewarm over the last couple of months.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
But the white-hot rage of the MAGA base can’t be comfortable to bear.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025
The only drawback is that while Raphinha has been outstanding, the Brazilian has been on an unsustainable, white-hot finishing run in Europe this season.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
What began as a white-hot heel turn by The New Day has gone somewhat lukewarm over the last couple of months.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
But the white-hot rage of the MAGA base can’t be comfortable to bear.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
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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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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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Pour hot cream over chocolate chips in a large heatproof mixing bowl; let stand 3 minutes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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And the doctors who don’t say that are just jealous of your hot little baby.—
Megan Amram,
New Yorker,
22 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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