as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
The molten rock was contained within the park and wasn't threatening residential areas.
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CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
This sounds all well and good, but why haven't molten salt reactors been built before?
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
That requires the moon to have been molten at some point, which takes a lot of energy.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently for cutting-edge molten salt reactors.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
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CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
This sounds all well and good, but why haven't molten salt reactors been built before?
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
That requires the moon to have been molten at some point, which takes a lot of energy.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently for cutting-edge molten salt reactors.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molten
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While in the dugout, the heated veteran pitcher took a spill down the steps to the clubhouse.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Despite the heated back-and-forth, the trial date for the divorce proceedings is set for June.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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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
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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The agency confirmed the eruption generated a pyroclastic density current—a fast-moving stream of superheated ash, debris and gases capable of destroying everything in its path.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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This air fryer uses superheated air to cook food at 400°F, producing crispy results with little to no oil.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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This helps explain why Gabbard elicits a seething hatred from people like Frum, Clinton, and Nichols.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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The only drawback is that while Raphinha has been outstanding, the Brazilian has been on an unsustainable, white-hot finishing run in Europe this season.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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What began as a white-hot heel turn by The New Day has gone somewhat lukewarm over the last couple of months.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
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Pritzker — who was rumored to be on the shortlist to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate last year — issued a searing rebuke of the Trump administration, in his address.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2025
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Her viral speech in Minneapolis in 2020 remains one of the most searing indictments of state violence in recent memory.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
Ellie Beeck,
Peoplemag,
6 Feb. 2023
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2023
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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