scorching hot

idiom

: extremely hot
a scorching hot day

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Think of the baseball player who starts the season scorching hot at the plate, only to fade in the course of the season. Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez was scorching hot against the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025 There is no artifice once you're blasted in the face with scorching hot chicken wings. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 The process is violent, the first stages of a planet's life are chaotic, and newborn worlds are often scorching hot. Victoria Corless, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scorching hot

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“Scorching hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorching%20hot. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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