searing

See also: Searing

English

searing

very hot; blistering or boiling
- 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69:
  Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...].
(of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat
(figuratively) unbearably intense or emotionally powerful
- 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
  O! yearning heart! I did inherit
  Thy withering portion with the fame,
  The searing glory which hath shone
  Amid the jewels of my throne,
  Halo of Hell!
damning; critical; scathing

searing (plural searings)

action of the verb to sear
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
  he was raw with the searings of the fire
- 1970 August, Ebony, volume 25, number 10, page 156:
  It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.
cooking food quickly at high temperature

searing

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