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   Sear·ing

   /ˈsiriNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. extremely hot or intense: "the searing heat of the sun" Similar scorchingblisteringflamingblazing (hot)baking (hot)burningfierytorridparchingwitheringinformal:boilingboiling hotsizzlingroastingswelteringintenseexcruciatingagonizingsharpstabbingshootingstingingsevereextremefierceharrowingpiercingpenetratingrackinginsufferableunbearableunendurabletorturousrare:exquisite
   • ▪ severely critical: "a searing indictment of the government's performance" Similar fiercesavageblisteringscathingstingingdevastatingmordanttrenchantcausticcuttingbitingwitheringvirulentvitriolic

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   • 1. searingly adverb

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   What does searing mean?

   • Searing is used to indicate that something such as pain or heat is very intense. She woke to feel a searing pain in her feet. A searing speech or piece of writing is very critical. There's a searing column in today's paper about the president's decision. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2.

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   What is searing in cooking?

   • Technically, searing refers to any cooking method where high heat is used to cook the outside surface of the food you are cooking (usually meat or fish, and, of course, most notably, steak). Most likely you already knew what searing is, as it is quite common, but why do it? For the flavor, of course!

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   What does it mean if something Sears?

   • To sear something means to burn its surface with a sudden intense heat . Grass fires have seared the land near the farming village of Basekhai. [VERB noun] If something sears a part of your body, it causes a painful burning feeling there. I distinctly felt the heat start to sear my throat. [VERB noun] 3. See also searing

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   What are examples of searing?

   • Examples from the Corpus searing • A searing beam of high-energy protons blistered the air. • The heat of the day had been replaced by searing cold and the bus was nearly empty. • the searing heat of the desert • A searing pain exploded between her ears and she sank into blackness.

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   2 days ago · 1. adjective [ADJ n] Searing is used to indicate that something such as pain or heat is very intense. She woke to feel a searing pain in her feet. Synonyms: acute, sharp, intense, shooting More Synonyms of searing. 2. adjective [ADJ n] A searing speech or piece of writing is very critical.

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   Definitions of 'searing' 1. Searing is used to indicate that something such as pain or heat is very intense. [...] 2. A searing speech or piece of writing is very critical. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'searing' British English: sɪərɪŋ American English: sɪərɪŋ. More. Synonyms of 'searing' • acute, sharp, intense, shooting [...]

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   Definition of searing – Learner’s Dictionary. searing. adjective [ always before noun ] uk / ˈsɪərɪŋ / us. Add to word list. extreme and unpleasant: searing pain / heat. (Definition of searing from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of searing. in Chinese (Traditional)

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   causing a sharp feeling of burning or as if burning: the searing pain of the bullet entering his arm. fiery in emotion, intense feeling, or criticism; scorching: a searing speech.

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   searing | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Meaning of searing – Learner’s Dictionary. searing. adjective [ always before noun ] uk / ˈsɪərɪŋ / us. Add to word list. extreme and unpleasant: searing pain / heat. (Definition of searing from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of searing.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sear‧ing /ˈsɪərɪŋ $ ˈsɪr-/ adjective 1 extremely hot the searing heat of the desert 2 searing pain is severe and feels like a burn 3 searing words or attitudes criticize someone or something very strongly Adorno’s searing analysis of mass culture Emily felt a searing anger against her father.