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white-hot
[hwahyt-hot, wahyt-]
adjective
extremely hot.
showing white heat.
exceedingly enthusiastic, ardent, angry, devoted, etc.; impassioned; perfervid.
a fierce, white-hot loyalty to the king.
white-hot
adjective
at such a high temperature that white light is emitted
informalin a state of intense emotion
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of white-hot1
Example Sentences
This created a white-hot housing market — and one in which the highest-earning millennials were able to afford a piece of the pie.
The prosecution's case is that the catalyst for the attack was "white-hot anger, at having been disrespected in public".
Zegler's contrite posts were a far cry from her white-hot rage following the election of Trump.
Instead of white-hot charges like “Marxist,” they use a more traditional — and more accurate — label: “San Francisco liberal.”
The white-hot chemical substance can set buildings on fire and burn human flesh down to the bone.
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