as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
Core Power The heart of these atomic Liberty ships is a compact molten salt reactor, which is an advanced version of a design first developed in the 1950s.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
Another benefit is that midcareers are obviously a prerequisite to late careers, with their witchy, molten qualities.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The latest release of molten rock began 10:16 a.m. with lava flowing on to the floor of Halemaumau Crater.
—CBS News, 12 Feb. 2025
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
Another benefit is that midcareers are obviously a prerequisite to late careers, with their witchy, molten qualities.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The latest release of molten rock began 10:16 a.m. with lava flowing on to the floor of Halemaumau Crater.
—CBS News, 12 Feb. 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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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways to die: falling debris, collapsing buildings, asphyxiation from superheated dust plumes, etc..—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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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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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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The Oscar-winning director uses some of his classic techniques, incorporating white-hot lights on his interview subjects and talking to O’Neill in various locations while attempting to place his many ideas on a spectrum of probable to ridiculous.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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This Title Match had no business being this good after having to follow a white-hot first hour.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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