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scorching

[skawr-ching] / ˈskɔr tʃɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
very hot
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Antonyms
STRONGEST




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It’s not necessarily a perspective one expects to be accompanied by the kind of scorching guitar riffs adorning “Date Night.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

"I don't want them to struggle through mud or travel under the scorching sun and rain. Whatever I have suffered, I don't want my daughters to suffer the same."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The album is loaded with Anthrax trademarks — serrated, crunchy riffs, soaring lead vocals, bludgeoning beats, and scorching guitar — but there are also galactic noise effects, angular song structures and atypical chord configurations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The city’s priciest neighborhoods become particularly clogged each summer as drivers escaping the Gulf’s scorching heat arrive with Ferraris, Lamborghinis and McLarens bearing Middle East license plates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The fire in the old grove was blazing high and wild, scorching the leaves off anything near it.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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