adjective
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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Without hesitation he started to walk towards them, despite the searing heat of the flames now only yards off.
pain
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It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years.
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Charles Paris felt a searing pain as a bullet ripped into his flesh.
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A searing pain exploded between her ears and she sank into blackness.
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Cotton pillowcase smelling of sweat filled his nose, eyes, mouth, a sharp searing pain on his shoulder.
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He jerked his arms loose and reached for the head trying to blink the searing pain from his eyes.
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Across his scalp and down to his brows spread a searing pain .
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Instead there is searing pain , blistering of the skin and a rapidly discovered aversion to swimming in the sea.
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There was a searing pain in her leg and she fell.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her novel is a searing portrait of 1950s society.
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the searing heat of the desert
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A searing beam of high-energy protons blistered the air.
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A searing pain exploded between her ears and she sank into blackness.
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It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years.
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The heat of the day had been replaced by searing cold and the bus was nearly empty.