as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
Everyone will be asking for a second scoop of this decadent molten cake with a gooey peanut butter center.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
The December 2024 eruption - had lava fountains as high as 262 feet with molten material - and was the fifth eruption at Kilauea since December 2020.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
These large pockets of molten material rise through the Earth from deep inside its interior, much like the movement in a lava lamp.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Their research suggested that a Mars-size object crashed into the early Earth, jettisoning molten material into space.
—Francis Nimmo, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
The December 2024 eruption - had lava fountains as high as 262 feet with molten material - and was the fifth eruption at Kilauea since December 2020.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
These large pockets of molten material rise through the Earth from deep inside its interior, much like the movement in a lava lamp.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Their research suggested that a Mars-size object crashed into the early Earth, jettisoning molten material into space.
—Francis Nimmo, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molten
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Events that used to lead to days or weeks of heated discourse now fade into nothingness almost instantaneously; nothing matters enough to break the internet anymore.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2025
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The heated debates around diversity, equity and inclusion are drowning out something far more important: our children’s ability to learn about and appreciate different cultures.—
Britt Hogue,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 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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While the third quarter ended on a positive note with an increase in home sales, other indicators are showing a bit of a slow-down after the superheated market of the past few years.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, debris is collected near the black hole and starts to swirl around it, forming into a bright, superheated accretion disc.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
17 Dec. 2024
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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 posts linked a global network of agitators who have seized on the influx of migrants seeking political asylum or economic opportunity to build seething followings online.—
Steven Lee Myers,
New York Times,
10 Aug. 2024
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At the center of this low-budget indie was a white-hot performance.—
Wash Westmoreland,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Could the solution to soaring resale prices be … higher ticket prices? To deal with white-hot demand, artists can try to play more shows at the biggest venues.—
Whizy Kim,
Vox,
12 Feb. 2025
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Hackman’s searing turn as the hyper, gum-smacking Doyle in the documentary-style French Connection distinguished him as a leading man.—
Duane Byrge,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bouchard’s five-on-five on-ice outscoring is a searing total.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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