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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Related Articles The Red Sox will also have to contend with a white-hot Mets team without their manager, as Alex Cora is attending his daughter’s graduation from Boston College.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
This year’s guest list highlighted a healthy contingent of first-time attendees, expanding the who’s who of the night to include a variety of A-list athletes and Bollywood stars, as well as the castmembers of The White Lotus‘ white-hot third season.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Jin’s crescendo of bitterness had reached its peak and found a white-hot fury.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 May 2025
Zendaya arrived to the 2025 Met Gala red carpet with a white-hot look curated by her longtime collaborator and stylist Law Roach.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
This year’s guest list highlighted a healthy contingent of first-time attendees, expanding the who’s who of the night to include a variety of A-list athletes and Bollywood stars, as well as the castmembers of The White Lotus‘ white-hot third season.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
Jin’s crescendo of bitterness had reached its peak and found a white-hot fury.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 May 2025
Zendaya arrived to the 2025 Met Gala red carpet with a white-hot look curated by her longtime collaborator and stylist Law Roach.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
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Caminero, who was hitless in his previous 17 at-bats, led off with a searing homer to left-center, hit at 109.2 mph and carrying 409 feet.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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Dad can whip up incredible meals with cookware that offers the searing power of stainless steel and the easy cleanup of nonstick.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
6 June 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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Conners shot 72-74 in the first two rounds and got off to a hot start on Saturday.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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During the first and third rounds, Spaun picked up ground against the field with a hot putter, gaining four shots on the greens on Thursday and 2.84 on Saturday.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Keep scrolling for more can’t-miss deals and the answers to your most burning questions about Way Day.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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Its oldest crystals formed 4.51 billion years ago from the stream of molten matter that got blasted off Earth by a giant impact event.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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At the same time, however, Bush sought to address some of the underlying issues — the racist history of the LAPD, chief among them — that festered for decades before exploding into molten rage.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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