superheated
adjective
su·per·heat·ed
ˈsü-pər-ˌhē-təd 
ˌsü-pər-ˈhē-
1
: subjected to superheating
2
: very hot
also
: exceedingly emotional or intense
superheated debate
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Examples of superheated in a Sentence
certain superheated liquids change to gas with almost explosive violence
a superheated, rancorous argument on how the child should be raised
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This superheated environment leaves little room for serious consideration of the United States’ historical experience, beyond the easy and oversimplified analogy to the Vietnam War.
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Mark Atwood Lawrence, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2021
With a radiation exposure that delivers roughly 1,000 joules per square centimeter, superheated regions developed on the asteroid, producing pressures of over 100 gigapascals (roughly a million times the atmospheric pressure at sea level).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
The first, starting after the radiation reaches the target, involves streams of superheated liquid flowing out into the vacuum and forming a gas somewhat away from the rock's surface.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
And that kind of superheated solar streamer would dissipate to nothingness, not collapse into tidy, enduring worlds.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2024
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Mark Atwood Lawrence, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2021
With a radiation exposure that delivers roughly 1,000 joules per square centimeter, superheated regions developed on the asteroid, producing pressures of over 100 gigapascals (roughly a million times the atmospheric pressure at sea level).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
The first, starting after the radiation reaches the target, involves streams of superheated liquid flowing out into the vacuum and forming a gas somewhat away from the rock's surface.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
And that kind of superheated solar streamer would dissipate to nothingness, not collapse into tidy, enduring worlds.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Superheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superheated. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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