The best replacement for searing is grilling.

The best alternatives to searing are rated as following:
★★★★★  grilling
★★  magma totem
★  flametongue totem

Your alternative for searing is not listed? Suggest!
Speaking about searing, one probably shouldn't forget about roasting.

Other search terms related to searing and their ratings are:
★★★★★ roasting
You have in mind a companion for searing and it is not yet here? Propose!



Google Trends

Scale is based on the average worldwide traffic of searing in all years. Click on graph for more.
searing
grilling
magma totem