superheated

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of superheat

adj

1. heated above the critical point
2. Heated above the boiling point

   “The only through-draught came from the two Dorade ventilators in the heads compartment but by the time the air from them reached us on our bunks it felt superheated.”

3. (figuratively)exceedingly intense or emotional

   “These hyperliterary historical misshifts centered in the superheated technological and cultural engine of the US-centric English-speaking imperium.”