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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
certain superheated liquids change to gas with almost explosive violence
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as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a superheated, rancorous argument on how the child should be raised
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Recent Examples of superheated
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 July 2024
Purple clouds of superheated gas, viewed by Chandra, are merging across the cluster, called Abell 2125.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
But the historic fate of the city, and many of its residents, was sealed hours later with the arrival of pyroclastic flows, fast-moving, superheated clouds of gas and dust.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
The superheated air was too thin for an emergency helicopter to respond, but the team requested mutual aid from nearby fire departments.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
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And Chandra has spied massive galaxy clusters that include hundreds of thousands of glittering galaxies, as well as the superheated soup of gas around the galaxies only visible in X-ray light.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 July 2024
Purple clouds of superheated gas, viewed by Chandra, are merging across the cluster, called Abell 2125.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
But the historic fate of the city, and many of its residents, was sealed hours later with the arrival of pyroclastic flows, fast-moving, superheated clouds of gas and dust.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
The superheated air was too thin for an emergency helicopter to respond, but the team requested mutual aid from nearby fire departments.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superheated
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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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If frostbite occurs, move indoors, remove wet clothing, and soak the affected body part in warm water.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Scientists expect the iceberg to head toward South Georgia island where warmer water is likely to trigger a breakup of the big berg into smaller chunks.Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cook until heated through, then pour over the carrots.Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
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Water is injected into these hot rocks, heated, and then returned to the surface as steam.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
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Larry Kramer's searing indictment of mainstream media and the healthcare establishment in the early years of the AIDS crisis is as powerful as ever.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Le Pen delivered a searing account of the political drama that had consumed the country since June 9th.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Like her older sisters, Hunter is passionate about cheer and tumbling.Nasha Smith, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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The winery blends tradition with passionate winemaking.Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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But before that, in a ground floor space that used to be an industrial kitchen, is Barney’s Water Cast 10 (2015), a large sculpture made by pouring molten bronze into a slurry of water and bentonite clay.Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Here, his Water Cast 10 is part modernist abstraction, part wasps’ nest, and part Chinese scholar’s rock made by a crew of people pouring molten copper into a combination of clay and water.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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The warm front is a sharp contrast to the close of last week when an arctic surge swept across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with snow squalls, whiteouts and intense bursts of wind that left 20 million Americans under winter weather warnings or advisories.Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Coat finger tips in warmed coconut oil and apply to scalp, using it as a slip for the massage.Ana Morales, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2024
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Since 1979, the Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the global average.Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Superheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superheated. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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