adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
scorching/baking/roasting hot ( also boiling/broiling hot American English ) (= used about weather that is very hot )
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a scorching hot week in August
the searing/stifling/sweltering/scorching etc heat (= extreme heat )
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The desert is a place of scorching heat by day and bitter cold by night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Here in Houston, it was a scorching 93° today.