scorching

1. To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
2. To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
3. (To cause) to become scorched or singed
4. To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
5. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
6. To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
7. To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

noun

The act or result of something being scorched.

1. Very hot.

   It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.

2. Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.
3. (Of speed when driving, running, etc.) very high.