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sear
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sear as in:  searing the meat

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    She seared the steak.
    seared = scorched (browned the surface with intense heat)
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    We had seared tuna.
    seared = with the surface scorched (browned with intense heat)
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    My hand fumbles to my braid and finds a fireball has seared off at least six inches of it.  (source)
    seared = burned
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    The water seared his hands and arms. It was so cold it felt boiling hot, like lava.  (source)
    seared = burned
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    What could he say in a single word, a few words, that would sear all their faces and wake them up?  (source)
    sear = scorch (figuratively, to brown the surface with intense heat)
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    It would be another searing day.  (source)
    searing = burning hot
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    The state whereon I studied Is, like a good thing, being often read, Grown sear'd and tedious; yea, my gravity, Wherein—let no man hear me—I take pride, Could I with boot change for an idle plume, Which the air beats for vain.†  (source)
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    Slowly at first, and then more confidently, she moved the stele across the wall, leaving searingly bright ash-white lines hovering in the air before her.†  (source)
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    Her response, more than anything I've ever heard, is seared in my memory.†  (source)
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    The white sear of his gaze landed on me.†  (source)
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    Blue skies stood tall and far, the sun like a branding iron searing the back of your neck.  (source)
    searing = burning
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    Tax of impudence,—A strumpet's boldness, a divulged shame,—Traduc'd by odious ballads; my maiden's name Sear'd otherwise; ne worse of worst extended, With vilest torture let my life be ended.†  (source)
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    These were some of the most passionate moments of their lives together, the most searingly entwined.†  (source)
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sear as in:  a searing pain or memory

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    The betrayal cut her deep, leaving a searing pain that lingered long after the words were spoken.
    searing = intense
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    The haunting melody of the violin was seared into her memory, echoing in her mind long after the concert ended.
    seared = burned (figuratively)
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    Discomfort turns to distress until each breath sends a searing pain through my chest.  (source)
    searing = intense
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    But as warm blood drenched Harry's arms, he felt a searing pain just above his elbow.  (source)
    searing = intense
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    ...the skunk had snapped its rear end up, curved the tail over, and sprayed Brian with a direct shot.... The corrosive spray that hit his face seared into his lungs and eyes, blinding him.  (source)
    seared = caused intense pain
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    He felt a searing sharp pain along his shoulder blades, the sudden warm flow of blood over his shirt.  (source)
    searing = intense
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    I scrambled back onto the float, still seared by what he had said.  (source)
    seared = burned (figuratively)
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    Eyes wide, I fling my right arm over my shoulder, forcing a searing pain through my body, and fire three times behind me.  (source)
    searing = sudden and intense
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    ...for every event of that dreadful time is seared into my memory.  (source)
    seared = burned (figuratively)
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    I remembered the searing pitch of my voice as I'd screamed at him.  (source)
    searing = intense
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    At once, a needle-sharp pain seared across Harry's scar; his head felt as though it was about to split in two;  (source)
    seared = burned intensely
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    Poking the sausages on the grill, I generated a new round of searing flames that leapt up.†  (source)
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    He moved slowly, so that I could stop him at any point, as he removed my T-shirt and bra, a scalloped black lace thing with an elastic that seared into my ribs.  (source)
    seared = pressed painfully
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rare meaning

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I have lived long enough. My way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses,  (source)
sear = condition of being withered
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