scalded

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The award harks back to civil court judgments against McDonald’s after a jury in 1994 awarded $3 million to an Albuquerque woman who was scalded by hot coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

An estimated 100,000 children scalded yearly by hot food and beverages.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023

So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

His lips were scalded, but that was good.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury