white-hot
adjective
1
: being at or radiating white heat
2
a
: extremely hot
b
: exhibiting or marked by extreme fervor or zeal
white-hot enthusiasm
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the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Carly Pearce favored a white-hot, monochrome look for her red carpet attire at the 2024 CMA Awards on Wednesday in Nashville.
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Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
When they are dropped, white-hot metal fragments can fly out in all directions, tearing through their surroundings.
—Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
The white-hot rivalry between the Dodgers and Yankees extends far beyond the white lines of their respective ballparks.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
When they are dropped, white-hot metal fragments can fly out in all directions, tearing through their surroundings.
—Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
The white-hot rivalry between the Dodgers and Yankees extends far beyond the white lines of their respective ballparks.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-hot. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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