as in burn
a burn left on the skin that is caused by hot liquid or steam
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Recent Examples of scald
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The hot seat under Mike McDaniel goes from heated to scalding.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Applying a thin layer of lawn soil might help protect the green runners from sun scald but is probably not necessary.
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Following the medical examiner’s determination that Terril Johnson’s cause of death was severe scalding burns, the family had a private pathologist perform an autopsy, the complaint says.
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Please consult your local burn permitting authorities as to whether burning is allowed.—
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Her sister, however, suffered third-degree burns and needed skin graft surgery.—
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The Magic have also been without All-Defensive guard Jalen Suggs for 10 of the past 12 games first because of a left hip bruise and then a right knee MCL bruise.—
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That book’s thrilling confidences have been partly supplanted in The Four Spent the Day Together by embittered score-settling (recounting her bruising run-in with cancel culture, e.g.).—
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When Liverpool and Arsenal last met, in late August, a scorching late Dominik Szoboszlai free kick saw the reigning champions strike an ominous early blow in the title race, jumping three points ahead of their London rivals.—
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The Panthers, in turn, went 15-1 and then scorched through the playoffs before falling short in the Super Bowl against the Broncos.—
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It’s simmered in a pot with shrimp, crab, smoky sausage and a secret blend of spices in a dark roux.—
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The real star, however, is its rice, a fragrant accompaniment simmered in chicken stock, ginger, garlic and pandan leaves.—
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This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to the agent ---- an act of domestic terrorism.—
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Robbery – The taking of anything of value from the control, custody or care of another person by force or threat of force and/or by putting the victim in fear of immediate harm.—
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
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To ensure that the chicken is fully cooked, tear the thickest part in half; if any part is still raw, continue cooking it until done.—
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Two months after the fires, someone from the Colony ghost kitchens offered a space to start cooking again, and a break on the rent.—
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For a simpler approach to preparing Brussels sprouts, skip parboiling and move straight to roasting.—
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It can be used on any vegetable that can be parboiled.—
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“Scald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scald. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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