Both Uses of
sear
in
The Sea of Monsters
- They must've been searing hot, but the giants picked them up with their bare hands.†
Chpt 2 *
- Almost immediately a warm feeling spread through my gut: pleasant at first, then painfully hot, searing, as if the mixture were coming to a boil inside of me.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(sear as in: searing the meat) to scorch or burn the surface of something; or to be very hot
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(2)
(sear as in: a searing pain or memory) intense (figuratively to burn into the mind)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, sear can mean dry or refer to part of a gun.