1
as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
certain superheated liquids change to gas with almost explosive violence
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as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a superheated, rancorous argument on how the child should be raised
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Recent Examples of superheated
Victoria Corless, Space.com, 7 May 2025
This works well for regions that have such resources, like California, Iceland or South Korea, but easily accessible superheated water is rare.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
In the superheated early Earth, a dense crust of basaltic rock formed over even hotter mantle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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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Since its launch in 1999, Chandra has allowed scientists to peer into some of the universe's most extreme environments, from the turbulent remnants of exploded stars to the superheated gas swirling around black holes.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 7 May 2025
This works well for regions that have such resources, like California, Iceland or South Korea, but easily accessible superheated water is rare.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
In the superheated early Earth, a dense crust of basaltic rock formed over even hotter mantle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superheated
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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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And waters in the eastern subtropical Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean are warmer than normal for this time of year.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Grilling the meat will keep the heat outdoors on a warm day.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
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Steam generator repairs In nuclear plants such as Palisades, water heated by the reactor passes through tubes in the generators, causing water outside the tubes to boil into steam that drives the turbines to produce electricity for the grid.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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Supercritical temperatures at surface Geothermal power generation relies on pumping water heated by underground rock to the surface, where it is used to create electricity.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2025
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Peña said that because the physical changes to the third floor will be minimal, the new flea market should be open in the next couple of weeks — just in time to avoid Miami’s searing summer heat and sudden thunderstorms.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Pyroclastic clouds, or a dense mixture of ash, gas and rock dispersed during a volcanic eruption, caused a searing, rapid avalanche of debris to fill the home, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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His passionate pursuit of public service, driven by principle and purpose and not self-aggrandizement, was Gerry’s secret sauce.—
Paul Laudicina,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The wistful cover makes the case for focusing more on the ballad and less on the power, aspect associated with the passionate love song.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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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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This complex is highly mobile in the molten sections of the mantle.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But Tranter and Bartlett said Trump may settle roughly into this range of having an approval rating between 43 percent and 47 percent given the intense polarization of the country, as has been common in the past couple administrations.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
31 May 2025
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The auto-revive for solo players on Night Lords is to combat the intense difficulties of those fights where a single wrong move can be death.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Superheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superheated. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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