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white-hot

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white-hot (hwtht, wt-)
adj.
1. So hot as to glow with a bright white light.
2. Zealous; fervid.

white-hot
adj
1. (Physics / General Physics) at such a high temperature that white light is emitted
2. Informal in a state of intense emotion
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.white-hot - intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"
hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
2.white-hot - glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
Translations
white-hot [ˈwaɪtˈhɒt] ADJ [metal] → calentado al blanco, candente
white-hot [ˌwaɪtˈhɒt] adj (metal) → incandescente
white-hot [ˌwaɪtˈhɒt] adj (metal) → incandescente


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Burning with white-hot anger was the High Priestess, her heart a seething, molten mass of hatred for Tarzan of the Apes.
Formerly these had been sold as "Number Three Grade," but later on some ingenious person had hit upon a new device, and now they would extract the bone, about which the bad part generally lay, and insert in the hole a white-hot iron.
It must have driven through the iron of the ship's side like a white-hot iron rod through paper.
 
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