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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Things reached a boiling point between Katie and Mike during the peak of the pandemic baking trend.
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Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
In fact the water it’s formed from sometimes spurts out of the ground at boiling point.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Weathering the team's quarterback crisis, Jefferson reached a boiling point on Thursday night during a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The two years of tension reached a boiling point on June 2, 2023, when Lorincz and two of Owens' children got into a particularly heated exchange, according to the outlet.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
In fact the water it’s formed from sometimes spurts out of the ground at boiling point.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Weathering the team's quarterback crisis, Jefferson reached a boiling point on Thursday night during a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The two years of tension reached a boiling point on June 2, 2023, when Lorincz and two of Owens' children got into a particularly heated exchange, according to the outlet.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 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 4 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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