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swelter

[swel-ter] / ˈswɛl tər /
VERB
suffocate
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Warm spring evenings that soon will lip into summer swelter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

They swelter at summer temperatures that eclipse the city average by 8 degrees Fahrenheit and the Catalina Foothills by 12 degrees.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

The same principles apply to commercial aircraft, as evidenced by passenger flight disruptions during periods of prolonged extreme heat in the Southwest, including this summer’s swelter.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2023

Even as it continues to swelter, the South may get a break from steamy weather this week while the Northwest bakes in some of the highest temperatures people there will endure all summer.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2023

I asked Mother if I could cut off my hair, which hung in a dense swelter all the way down my back.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly