white-hot

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white-hot

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adjective white hot

  1. not comparable Hot enough to glow with a bright white light. The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work becam
  2. figuratively, not comparable Extremely fervid or zealous. a white-hot rage
  3. not comparable Blazing. Flames raced up the rows, blistering and charring and igniting ancient wood that erupted in a white-hot flare of heat.

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adj hot enough to glow

中文白热 bái rè
Deutschweißglühend
עבריתמְלֻבָּן m'lubán

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@misc{white_hot_2026,
  title = {white-hot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white-hot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}