Definition of "searing" [searing]

• Very hot; blistering or boiling (adjective)
• Having a sensation of intense sudden heat (adjective)
• Action of the verb to sear (noun)
• Cooking food quickly at high temperature (noun)
• Present participle of sear. (verb)

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• "BRIGNOLES, France (AP) Britain's Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the Tour de France in searing heat Sunday, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finishing safely in the trailing pack."
• "Then I saw Wylie Dufresne, the molecular gastronomist, saying that searing is the absolute worst thing to do with steak."
• "A penetration, if severe enough, could let in searing gases when the shuttle returns to Earth in a possible replay of the Columbia accident."