as in burn
a burn left on the skin that is caused by hot liquid or steam
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Recent Examples of scald
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Dan Robson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
Following the medical examiner’s determination that Terril Johnson’s cause of death was severe scalding burns, the family had a private pathologist perform an autopsy, the complaint says.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Applying a thin layer of lawn soil might help protect the green runners from sun scald but is probably not necessary.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
Several days a week, Boniol would scald the balls in hot water and run them through the team’s industrial dryers for three to four minutes to remove the wax and stretch the leather.
—Dan Robson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
Following the medical examiner’s determination that Terril Johnson’s cause of death was severe scalding burns, the family had a private pathologist perform an autopsy, the complaint says.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scald
Noun
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This draws moisture from the roots and can lead to fertilizer burn.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
8 Feb. 2026
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Fines withdrawn Last year, the state withdrew more than $425,000 in fines stemming from a May 2025 incident in which two firefighters received chemical burns while on the site for a training exercise.—
Jessica Hill,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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That focus on efficiency included a coldly logical approach to salary-cap management, and an update of the bruising defense that Belichick had pioneered with 49ers old rivals, the 1980s iteration of the New York Giants.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Profits at the country’s major industrial firms have been battered by the bruising price wars sweeping across several industries last year as sluggish consumer demands left companies grappling with excess capacity.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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Simpler cooking, community…and Nico Ruspoli, an olive oil producer with his own scorched past.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The hard X-ray peak came first, intense and quickly, followed by a longer, scorching soft X-ray and optical glow.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Armenia and Azerbaijan turned to Trump to resolve a simmering dispute over a transportation corridor.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The simmering dispute has become a geopolitical flashpoint between Washington and Beijing, with Panama caught in the crossfires.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Kuhl said last year that jurors should have the chance to consider whether design features implemented by the companies, like endlessly scrolling feeds, have contributed to mental health harms, rather than content alone.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The vast majority of baby foods, drinks and snacks sold in the United States for children ages 6 months to 36 months are ultraprocessed and may contain additives increasingly linked to potential health harms, a new study found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Yet this stark, lacerating comedy-drama, set in a seaside Long Island that recalls Woody Allen’s Interiors, is admirable in its uncompromising look at the havoc a long-term sibling rivalry can create for everyone within the blast radius.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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But many vegetables, such as Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and potatoes, are more often eaten cooked, which can alter their vitamin C content.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
9 Feb. 2026
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For instance, cooking nutritious meals (and dining out less) is easier when your kitchen pantry is organized with bins and stackable airtight containers.—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2026
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For a simpler approach to preparing Brussels sprouts, skip parboiling and move straight to roasting.—
Maddy Bendgen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Nov. 2025
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It can be used on any vegetable that can be parboiled.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Scald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scald. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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