White-hot

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Hot enough to glow with a bright white light. not-comparable

    "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 became unbearable."

  2. 2
    Extremely fervid or zealous. figuratively, not-comparable

    "a white-hot rage"

  3. 3
    Blazing. not-comparable

    "Flames raced up the rows, blistering and charring and igniting ancient wood that erupted in a white-hot flare of heat."

Adjective
  1. 1
    glowing white with heat wordnet
  2. 2
    intensely zealous or fervid wordnet

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