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white-hot

[ hwahyt-hot, wahyt- ]

adjective

  1. extremely hot.
  2. showing white heat.
  3. exceedingly enthusiastic, ardent, angry, devoted, etc.; impassioned; perfervid:

    a fierce, white-hot loyalty to the king.



white-hot

adjective

  1. at such a high temperature that white light is emitted
  2. informal.
    in a state of intense emotion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of white-hot1

First recorded in 1810–20
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This created a white-hot housing market — and one in which the highest-earning millennials were able to afford a piece of the pie.

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The prosecution's case is that the catalyst for the attack was "white-hot anger, at having been disrespected in public".

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Zegler's contrite posts were a far cry from her white-hot rage following the election of Trump.

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Instead of white-hot charges like “Marxist,” they use a more traditional — and more accurate — label: “San Francisco liberal.”

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