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very hot; blistering or boiling quotations examples
Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...].
1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69
(of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat examples
(figuratively) unbearably intense or emotionally powerful quotations examples
O! yearning heart! I did inheritThy withering portion with the fame,The searing glory which hath shoneAmid the jewels of my throne,Halo of Hell!
1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
damning; critical; scathing examples
plural searings
action of the verb to sear quotations examples
he was raw with the searings of the fire
1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode
It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.
1970 August, Ebony, volume 25, number 10, page 156
cooking food quickly at high temperature examples
present participle and gerund of sear examples