verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a searing pain (= very severe, as if you have been burnt )
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His elbow struck the side of the table, sending a searing pain through his arm.
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.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
heat
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She coughed as she felt the heat searing the air in her lungs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brush fires seared the hillsides.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another bolt of lightning struck behind him, and Eugene felt the air seared into ozone on either side of him.
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He struggled to his feet, but was no sooner standing than a searing pain tore through his ankle.
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Her glance seared his hard, angular face.
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If you sear the outside of the meat, you get rid of any other bacteria.
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It was sensuality sharp and searing as fire, burning the soul to tinder.
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The hot fat sears the bottom and gives a nice flavor to the bread; the cool pan gives a softer bottom.
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The pain was searing, so that I fell backwards, and though I struggled, I could not stand up again.
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The soft yellow light which looks so gentle to you but which sears my guts.