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scald

verb as in burn

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To loosen their feathers, chicken carcasses are dunked into a tank of scalding water.

After extensive modeling, they have found that the atmospheric pressures on some of these planets could allow hot-but-not-scalding oceans to persist for billions of years.

They can go years without food or water, withstand freezing and scalding temperatures and endure blistering radiation and the vacuum of outer space.

After those lies inspired the violent assault on the Capitol, Hawley took scalding criticism, which he has now tossed into the Right-Wing Media Victimization Machine, magically converting it into an effort to “cancel” him.

Court records suggest that Moore had once scalded Antaramian with hot water, sold herself as the trustee of the victim’s estate and isolated her from friends.

His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"

"Washes himself as if he's afraid the water'd scald him," said the Deacon, watching the negro's awkward efforts.

“'And you will be sure to scald your fingers and get the worst of it,'” Puddy went on relentlessly.

Take a quart of milk; heat one third and scald with it a half-pint of flour; if skimmed milk, use a small piece of butter.

Either they didn't scald the meal or they didn't heat the oven,—what in one hand was light beaten gold in another became lead.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scald, such as: blanch, char, criticize, excoriate, heat, and parboil.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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