Both Uses
sear
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- Because I knew I would have to live a lot more, suffer a lot more, to ever understand the searing agony in Edward's eyes.†
Book 2 *
- I knew the numbness of the medicine was completely irrelevant while the venom seared through my veins.†
Book 3 *
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) Much more rarely, sear can mean dry or refer to part of a gun.