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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Last month, as the competition heated to a boiling point on DWTS season 34, Robert shared how meaningful Crowe's guidance and advice remains to him.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
To attract more American tourists, officials are also working to improve public safety, an issue that reached a boiling point in March when local Secretary of Security José Roberto Rodríguez Bautista was killed in an armed attack.
—Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Long before Drake’s feuds with A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar reached a boiling point in 2024, both men opened for Drizzy on his Club Paradise Tour in 2012.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
The chaos reached a boiling point when Green inadvertently slapped her own partner, Ethan Page, allowing Hail to capitalize on the distracted Fyre and score a pinfall victory.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
To attract more American tourists, officials are also working to improve public safety, an issue that reached a boiling point in March when local Secretary of Security José Roberto Rodríguez Bautista was killed in an armed attack.
—Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Long before Drake’s feuds with A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar reached a boiling point in 2024, both men opened for Drizzy on his Club Paradise Tour in 2012.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2025
The chaos reached a boiling point when Green inadvertently slapped her own partner, Ethan Page, allowing Hail to capitalize on the distracted Fyre and score a pinfall victory.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boiling point
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“Boiling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiling%20point. Accessed 30 Nov. 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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