Scorching

a.	1.	Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
	2.	sufficiently hot to cause scorching.

Adj.	1.	scorching - hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat"
Adv.	1.	scorching - capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"

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