superheat
noun
the state of being superheated.
superheated
Example Sentences
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The light coming from the darkness was the Sun's corona - superheated jets of gas thrown thousands of miles out into space.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The findings suggest that these enormous bodies of solid, superheated rock -- surrounded by a pole-to-pole ring of cooler material -- have played a role in shaping Earth's magnetic field for millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2026
In a low-ceiling basement lined with combustible finishes—as Le Constellation seems to have been—a small fire can rapidly generate a superheated smoke layer near the ceiling that gradually expands downward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
The rhetoric around the two astronauts became superheated when Dutch astronaut Andreas Mogensen accused Musk of lying about the mission.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
During the summer months, however, superheated air rises from the scorched earth like bubbles from the bottom of a boiling kettle, rushing heavenward in turbulent convection currents.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
