as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
Much of the collection is crafted in wavy molten gold metal, giving it a visual complexity.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 21 May 2025
According to prosecutors, Correa and others beat detainees with pipes, burned them with molten plastic and acid, shocked them with electricity and suffocated them with plastic bags.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
This complex is highly mobile in the molten sections of the mantle.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
For instance, a 2022 analysis suggested that in the first billion years, when the Moon was covered in molten rock, giant rocks formed as the magma cooled and solidified.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 21 May 2025
According to prosecutors, Correa and others beat detainees with pipes, burned them with molten plastic and acid, shocked them with electricity and suffocated them with plastic bags.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
This complex is highly mobile in the molten sections of the mantle.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
For instance, a 2022 analysis suggested that in the first billion years, when the Moon was covered in molten rock, giant rocks formed as the magma cooled and solidified.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molten
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the midst of some heated division rivalry matchups, facing the San Francisco Giants after winning their series with the San Diego Padres and with another Padres series looming next.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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Guests get unlimited access to group classes and personal training, plus an indoor saltwater pool, a heated outdoor pool with panoramic views of Manhattan, and our favorite, the outdoor barrel saunas.—
Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
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Start in the city of Cheyenne for some history about cowboys and railroads, then wind through Medicine Bow National Forest for rock climbing or a hike among the reddish igneous rock formations of Vedauwoo.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
11 June 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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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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Alex Brandon/Associated Press What To Know Aircraft and missiles emit strong thermal radiation, created by superheated components such as exhaust nozzles, which raises the risk of detection.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The Vesuvius researchers conclude that the victim’s body underwent a similar process when a superheated but short-lived ash cloud enveloped Herculaneum, leaving structures intact but killing residents by the thousands in the first deadly event following the eruption.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell has now delivered a seething response to the performers’ plan.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
8 May 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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While her peers blew in white-hot, cooled to red-hot, then fizzled, flatlined, and peeled off into God knows where, Nicole Kidman just kept accelerating forward.—
Danielle Pergament,
Allure,
22 May 2025
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My white-hot reaction was set off by that one word.—
Dawn Staley,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Caminero, who was hitless in his previous 17 at-bats, led off with a searing homer to left-center, hit at 109.2 mph and carrying 409 feet.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2025
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Dad can whip up incredible meals with cookware that offers the searing power of stainless steel and the easy cleanup of nonstick.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
6 June 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 20 Jun. 2025.
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