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swelter

verb as in suffocate

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verb as in burn up

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The camp, set up on a narrow strip of beach that ran beneath Gelidonya’s high cliffs, was sweltering hot and primitive, to say the least.

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Soon, offices did so, too, especially in the sometimes sweltering American South.

The Oval Office was quiet, bright, and sweltering.

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Taiwan sweltered through its hottest October on record, the weather agency said Friday.

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He and his family settled in a small room with bunk beds and a TV, one of many rooms in a large hangar in the sweltering desert.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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