the searing heat of the desertsearingsear‧ing /ˈsɪərɪŋ $ ˈsɪr-/ adjective 
the searing heat of the desert2searing pain is severe and feels like a burn3searing words or attitudes criticize someone or something very strongly: Adorno’s searing analysis of mass culture Emily felt a searing anger against her father.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Her novel is a searing portrait of 1950s society.
- the searing heat of the desert
- A searing beam of high-energy protons blistered the air.
- A searing pain exploded between her ears and she sank into blackness.
- It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years.
- The heat of the day had been replaced by searing cold and the bus was nearly empty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the searing heat of the desertCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1extremely hot: the searing heat of the desert (=extreme heat)· The desert is a place of scorching heat by day and bitter cold by night.
(=very severe, as if you have been burnt)· His elbow struck the side of the table, sending a searing pain through his arm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Without hesitation he started to walk towards them, despite the searing heat of the flames now only yards off.
· It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years.· Charles Paris felt a searing pain as a bullet ripped into his flesh.· A searing pain exploded between her ears and she sank into blackness.· Cotton pillowcase smelling of sweat filled his nose, eyes, mouth, a sharp searing pain on his shoulder.· He jerked his arms loose and reached for the head trying to blink the searing pain from his eyes.· Across his scalp and down to his brows spread a searing pain.· Instead there is searing pain, blistering of the skin and a rapidly discovered aversion to swimming in the sea.· There was a searing pain in her leg and she fell.
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