Synonyms for searing
sear·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. searingadjective

   severely critical

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1. searingnoun

   Synonyms:
   scorching, cautery, cauterization, cauterizing

   Associated words:
   cauter, cauterant, cauterism, cautery

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1. Uma Thurman:

   The steering wheel was at my belly and my legs were jammed under me, i felt this searing pain and thought, ‘ Oh my God, I ’m never going to walk again. ’.

2. Al Hussein:

   The scale and types of sexual violence - primarily by Government SPLA forces and affiliated militia – are described in searing, devastating detail, as is the almost casual, yet calculated, attitude of those slaughtering civilians and destroying property and livelihoods.

3. Uma Thurman:

   The steering wheel was at my belly and my legs were jammed under me, i felt this searing pain and thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m never going to walk again.

4. Marianne Baker:

   In all my years working for Senator Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades.

5. Clifford Oto/The Record/AP LaTour:

   Then there’s the, ‘Oh my gosh, this is it.’ There’s a searing burn, and then there’s an ache.