scalding
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Scalding and propulsive, Ms. Fuller always seems to be testing the limits of her own power — as if seeing if she can single-handedly overload your ear’s switchboard.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018
Or a cartoon exploding Pinto, cartoon cigarettes, cartoon asbestos, a cartoon depicting that historic moment in torts when a 190-degree cup of McDonald’s coffee burned Scalding Crusader Stella Liebeck.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2015
Scalding ash storms across to engulf me again.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Scalding means to immerse the product in boiling water for a very short time—just long enough to loosen the skins.
From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall
Scalding tears blinded her as with quirt and spur she crowded her horse to his utmost.
From The Gold Girl by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
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