scalded

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The award harks back to civil court judgments against McDonald’s after a jury in 1994 awarded $3 million to an Albuquerque woman who was scalded by hot coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

However, another called it a "vey good decision", saying they had always been "nervous" that they would be scalded.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

“He ran off like a scalded dog. Meantime, Lonna and my old man get into this humongous fight—” “The one you told me about.”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen