boiling point
noun
1
: the temperature at which a liquid boils
2
a
: the point at which a person becomes uncontrollably angry
b
: the point of crisis : head sense 17b
matters had reached the boiling point
Examples of boiling point in a Sentence
The boiling point of water is 212° Fahrenheit or 100° Celsius.
when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard
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Four years after the state’s Department of Justice entered into a settlement to improve conditions in L.A. County’s juvenile halls, frustrations are hitting a boiling point.
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Tensions reached a boiling point when Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Colombian exports after President Gustavo Petro refused to comply with U.S. demands to take deportees.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
The series reached a boiling point early in the game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
As tensions between India and Pakistan reach a boiling point following a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly offered Tehran's assistance in mediating the crisis.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Tensions reached a boiling point when Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Colombian exports after President Gustavo Petro refused to comply with U.S. demands to take deportees.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
The series reached a boiling point early in the game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
As tensions between India and Pakistan reach a boiling point following a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly offered Tehran's assistance in mediating the crisis.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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boiling point
noun
boil·ing point
ˈbȯi-liŋ-ˌpȯint 
: the temperature at which a liquid boils
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