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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

   Derivatives

   • 1. searingly adverb

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