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
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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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Relli testified that the bullets grazed his knuckles as the feud reached a boiling point with his childhood friend.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
Heat pumps work by moving and compressing fluids that have a very low boiling point.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2024
The tension came to a boiling point in recent weeks when Steel’s campaign sent mailers depicting Tran as a communist sympathizer.
—Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Tensions between Israel and Iran remain at a boiling point, more than a week after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes into Iranian territory, the latest in a chain of retaliatory attacks after Iran fired a barrage of around 200 missiles at Israel in early October.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
Heat pumps work by moving and compressing fluids that have a very low boiling point.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2024
The tension came to a boiling point in recent weeks when Steel’s campaign sent mailers depicting Tran as a communist sympathizer.
—Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Tensions between Israel and Iran remain at a boiling point, more than a week after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes into Iranian territory, the latest in a chain of retaliatory attacks after Iran fired a barrage of around 200 missiles at Israel in early October.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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boiling point
noun
boil·ing point
ˈbȯi-liŋ-ˌpȯint 
: the temperature at which a liquid boils
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