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n. - Extreme heat.

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Usage examples (5)
  • Adjective : the torrid sands of the Sahara. ,a torrid love story
  • The silence of the desert was complete as though torridity had overwhelmed every other aspect of nature.
  • By its living breath and dancing spray, the parallels and zones breathe the breath of life and stir the febrile torridity of earth's Saharas.
  • Nearness to the Equator, with its accompanying torridity, is often counterbalanced by high elevations above sea-level, with consequent rarefied air and low temperature...
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