white-hot
extremely hot.
showing white heat.
exceedingly enthusiastic, ardent, angry, devoted, etc.; impassioned; perfervid: a fierce, white-hot loyalty to the king.
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How to use white-hot in a sentence
Or maybe, just maybe, he will zing the president on a white-hot issue dominating every waking moment for, um, some voters.
But publicly, it chose to say little, hoping to maintain a neutral position in a white-hot international scandal.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s New York Hotel Disputes Allegations of Conspiracy | John Solomon | November 27, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOver the past few decades, the study of telomeres has risen to become a white-hot area of very legitimate scientific research.
A half second later I felt as if scores of white hot branding irons were suddenly pressed against my skin.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOver the past few decades, research into telomeres has become a "white-hot area of science," says Singer.
He swore vows of reverence and knighthood; he fell upon his knees before her, weeping, his soul white-hot with awe.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairBut, as your eminence may notice, the first crucible is turning white hot; it is time to draw the charge.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasFor an instant he saw thousands of tons of white-hot lava rise into the air, then it fell into the sea.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinA momentary wind blew the area clear long enough for him to glimpse white-hot lava.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinWith a quick movement he placed the white-hot length of flint firmly against the delicate skin of the instep and held it there.
Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
British Dictionary definitions for white-hot
at such a high temperature that white light is emitted
informal in a state of intense emotion
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