as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading tectonic plates.
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Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
The Bravia 8 IIs also maintained richer, more natural yellow and red tones in an HDR shot of molten metal than the Samsung and LG sets - possibly, in the LG G4’s case, because of the white element deployed in WRGB technology to boost brightness.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
If the electricity that drives the reaction is provided via a clean method such as wind or solar, then the molten metal that results would be completely carbon neutral.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
For two weeks in late February every year, the setting sun lends the snowmelt at Horsetail Falls an orange glow, giving it the appearance of molten metal.
—Brad Wieners, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Details were sparse, but things grew heated between the two men, resulting in Spilo departing the set and no longer getting a producer credit on the movie.—
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The video begins by showing the usher and fan standing face-to-face in a heated argument before the staffer punches the fan in the face multiple times.—
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
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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.—
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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.—
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
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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. ...—
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These are like chimneys pushing out superheated, mineral-rich water from deep beneath the Earth, which solidifies into deposits rich in metals such as copper, zinc and sometimes gold and silver.—
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Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell has now delivered a seething response to the performers’ plan.—
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Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains.—
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This year’s guest list highlighted a healthy contingent of first-time attendees, expanding the who’s who of the night to include a variety of A-list athletes and Bollywood stars, as well as the castmembers of The White Lotus‘ white-hot third season.—
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Jin’s crescendo of bitterness had reached its peak and found a white-hot fury.—
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Set in 2019 Los Angeles, Akil’s update paints a searing portrait of the issues faced by teenagers today, exploring the social media age and how, via the race-swapping of the leads, Black kids come of age in white America.—
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As one more analogous reference, the need to manage hows reminds me of great literature, in particular, Viktor Frankl’s searing memoir Man’s Search For Meaning.—
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
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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.—
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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