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Swelter

/ˈswɛl.tə/

Intense heat.

📖 Definitions of "Swelter"

noun
  1. 1

    Intense heat.

    "The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years."

verb
  1. 1

    To suffer terribly from intense heat.

  2. 2

    To perspire greatly from heat.

  3. 3

    To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

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