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[ skawr -ching ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈskɔr tʃɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective burning; very hot.
caustic or scathing: a scorching denunciation.
Origin of scorching First recorded in 1555–65; scorch + -ing2
OTHER WORDS FROM scorching scorch·ing·ly, adverb un·scorch·ing, adjective Words nearby scorching scorbutic, scorbutigenic, scorch, scorched-earth policy, scorcher, scorching , scordatura, scordinema, score, scoreboard, scorecard
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Example sentences from the Web for scorching Seven weeks after that scorching letter, and after intense negotiations with Elliott, AT&T announced a new plan in which it would sell unspecified assets and add two new directors to the board.
AT&T looks to sell DirecTV as investors question its huge bet on content | Geoffrey Colvin| October 7, 2020| Fortune
Temperatures at the surface reach a scorching 464 °C, and pressures are 89 times higher than on Earth.
We need to go to Venus as soon as possible | Neel Patel| September 16, 2020| MIT Technology Review
However, the ongoing bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine is apparently still too scorching a hot-button issue to touch.
Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire Posts Pro-Palestine Photo, Allegedly Cyberbullies Israeli-Born MTV VJ | Robert Silverman| July 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Of course there is high-volume, scorching human vanity at large here.
Introducing ‘Breatharianism,’ The Dumbest Diet of All Time | Kent Sepkowitz| March 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Combined with zombie-slaying stunts and the scorching Georgia heat, conditions on set can be grueling.
The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus Says Michonne’s Cute, Wouldn’t Mind a Romance | Melissa Leon| November 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Sure, all of these folks share healthy egos and a scorching ambition, but come on, we are talking about American politics here.
How Bad Is It? Even Ann Coulter Has Turned On Conservatives | Michelle Cottle| October 15, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Scorpio Rising by R.G. Vliet One of the most scorching , incandescent romances ever.
Rick Bass: The Best Books ’Bout Texas | Rick Bass| September 17, 2013| DAILY BEAST
He shivered clammily as he finished and reached for a scorching glass of whisky on the table.
The Sick-a-Bed Lady | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Oh, if Swift had been there to see it, what a scorching satire we should have had!
The Little Manx Nation - 1891 | Hall Caine
All that was bright and attractive in Mark had melted away before the scorching , withering flame of alcohol.
Nearly Lost but Dearly Won | Theodore P. Wilson
Place over the fire and cook until the mixture becomes thick, stirring constantly to keep it from scorching .
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
This is our time; we may now loiter at our ease secure from the swift and scorching sarcasms of the crowded dawn.
A Wanderer in Paris | E. V. Lucas
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