superheated
adjective
su·per·heat·ed
ˈsü-pər-ˌhē-təd 
ˌsü-pər-ˈhē-
1
: subjected to superheating
2
: very hot
also
: exceedingly emotional or intense
superheated debate
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Examples of superheated in a Sentence
certain superheated liquids change to gas with almost explosive violence
a superheated, rancorous argument on how the child should be raised
Recent Examples on the Web
Magnetic activity is probably the source of the sun’s superheated atmosphere.
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Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Extra-strong sunspots, which are often accompanied by the sun ejecting vast amounts of superheated plasma, can trigger auroras but also pose a danger to satellites, airplanes, GPS navigation and the power grid.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Months later, calculations would show that the superheated water inside the reactor 1 pressure vessel had dropped all the way below the bottom of the uranium fuel rods shortly before operators checked the gauge, leaving the reactor core completely uncovered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
At the limit of the black hole is its accretion disk—that bright orange-yellow swirl of superheated material that the black hole has pulled to its vicinity.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 May 2024
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Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Extra-strong sunspots, which are often accompanied by the sun ejecting vast amounts of superheated plasma, can trigger auroras but also pose a danger to satellites, airplanes, GPS navigation and the power grid.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Months later, calculations would show that the superheated water inside the reactor 1 pressure vessel had dropped all the way below the bottom of the uranium fuel rods shortly before operators checked the gauge, leaving the reactor core completely uncovered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
At the limit of the black hole is its accretion disk—that bright orange-yellow swirl of superheated material that the black hole has pulled to its vicinity.
—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 7 May 2024
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