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very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
a hot sports car; a blistering pace; got off to a hot start; in hot pursuit; a red-hot line drive
(adj) blistery
hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
blistering sun
(adj) sulfurous, sulphurous, caustic, bitter, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, virulent, vitriolic
harsh or corrosive in tone
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose; a barrage of acid comments; her acrid remarks make her many enemies; bitter words; blistering criticism; caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics; a sulfurous denunciation; a vitriolic critique
(noun) vesication, vesiculation
the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin