Definitions
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- adjective very
hot ;blistering orboiling - adjective of a pain having a
sensation ofintense sudden heat - noun
action of the verb to sear - noun
cooking food quickly at hightemperature - verb Present participle of
sear .
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- adjective severely critical
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Examples
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BRIGNOLES, France (AP) Britain's Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the Tour de France in searing heat Sunday, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finishing safely in the trailing pack.
Cavendish ices Tour de France stage victory; Cancellara leads 2009
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Then I saw Wylie Dufresne, the molecular gastronomist, saying that searing is the absolute worst thing to do with steak.
Story Pick: On searing steak Christian Davenport 2010
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My body erupted in searing pain again as I did this.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Sometimes my daydreams played out in searing (if rather vague in the details) romance; sometimes I'd be saving the earth, the solar system, and the universe at large.
Archive 2007-05-01 L. Lee Lowe 2007
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Sometimes my daydreams played out in searing (if rather vague in the details) romance; sometimes I'd be saving the earth, the solar system, and the universe at large.
Confessions of a teenage alien L. Lee Lowe 2007
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A penetration, if severe enough, could let in searing gases when the shuttle returns to Earth in a possible replay of the Columbia accident.
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The image would come to me each time I sank into the wave, the couple sometimes flying through a red sky but more often swimming in searing blue water.
The Mermaid Chair (notes) ____Maggie 2006
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Without pain or sacrifice, we would have nothing…..think of the word searing …of flesh…..
It's Not About The Riding: Cycling, Blogging and the Grey Lady BikeSnobNYC 2008
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But the World Cup is traditionally played in searing heat.
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The image would come to me each time I sank into the wave, the couple sometimes flying through a red sky but more often swimming in searing blue water.
Archive 2006-07-01 ____Maggie 2006
gavin commented on the word searing
it shimmers with heat, lovely word
October 16, 2007