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scald

English

  1. 🔊 the act of burning with steam or hot water
  2. 🔊 a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
  3. 🔊 burn with a hot liquid or steam
    “She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out”
  4. 🔊 heat to the boiling point
    “scald the milk”
  5. 🔊 treat with boiling water
    “scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled”
  6. 🔊 subject to harsh criticism
    “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 escaldar to scald

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