as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
ultrahot by any standard, a bolt of lightning can attain a temperature of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultrahot
Adjective
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020 -
If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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His breakthrough role proved to be a history-making one too, securing the part of David, aka Tsotsi, in Gavin Hood’s searing 2005 crime drama Tsotsi.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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And of all the heartbreak Indiana has caused Knicks fans over the years, this might be the most searing.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Cannas like the summer heat and humidity and do just fine without watering except in really hot areas like southern Florida.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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Nine states have assault weapons bans in place, as gun control has become a hot topic at the Supreme Court.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The company--surely giving other bagel companies a run for their money--even hopped up on stage to throw out piping hot, chewy bagels to crowds of thousands in between musical acts.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Wondering what a piping hot baked potato and bacteria have to do with each other?—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The molten mass then pours downwards to reveal the title of the single, hardening into a glinting ornate script made of diamonds and lined in gold.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
5 June 2025
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In a nutshell, FDM printers produce objects via a nozzle that moves back and forth over a print bed, depositing a filament of molten thermoplastic in successive layers.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
4 June 2025
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“Ultrahot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultrahot. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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