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boiling

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verb

present participle of boil
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as in stewing
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam boil the potatoes until they are tender before you try to mash them

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as in swirling
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the sea boiled and frothed during the storm

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Recent Examples of boiling
Adjective
One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020 If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean. Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019 The simplest fix could be as easy as boiling water—boil a medium-size pot once or twice per week, and pour down the drain. Country Living Staff, Country Living, 14 Oct. 2019 Although boiling water is always a set temperature, eggs coming from the fridge or countertop are not. Genevieve Ko, latimes.com, 18 June 2019 Organizers shared tips to help prevent the virus, which include washing hands with soap for more than 30 seconds, eating food that is thoroughly cooked and boiling water before drinking. Rachel Axon, USA TODAY Sports, 6 Feb. 2018 More boiling water: Boil water advisories typically happen due to a water main break and/or a loss of pressure in the water system. Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2017 The station is home to two boiling water reactors, capable of powering more than 2.25 million homes and businesses. Staff Report, The Aegis, 6 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling
Adjective
  • Set in 2019 Los Angeles, Akil’s update paints a searing portrait of the issues faced by teenagers today, exploring the social media age and how, via the race-swapping of the leads, Black kids come of age in white America.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 May 2025
  • As one more analogous reference, the need to manage hows reminds me of great literature, in particular, Viktor Frankl’s searing memoir Man’s Search For Meaning.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water.
    Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Here is the list of fighters that gained immortality as a result of this raging inferno.
    Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Bateman is in the midst of churning a career-high output of 654 total yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games so far.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, its vivid, expressive prose also explores how aesthetic beauty can cover stomach-churning abuse, while Lin’s rich literary allusions reveal her sensitivity to language and her critical interest in developing a Taiwanese cultural heritage.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Below, check out today's last-chance gift ideas, snag tickets for this weekend's hottest sporting events and more, all hand-picked by the USA TODAY Shopping team.
    Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • Day-of: Finalize dishes, prep any oven dishes, assemble salads without dressing, roast veggies, and cook proteins (or any hot dishes, for that matter).
    Ginger Perra, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • What emerged was a picture of active resistance, simmering anger and readiness for battle, if and when the time comes.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Continue simmering for about three minutes.
    Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Coursing through all of these elements is a seething anger at authoritarianism.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Cox and his team were brought in by a handful of wealthy Colorado ranch owners who were still seething over the ballot measure to introduce wolves that passed in 2020 by less than one percent.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Axial Seamount formed on what’s known as a hot spot, where plumes of molten rock rise from Earth’s mantle into the crust.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 May 2025
  • But a lot of lunar crystals seem to have formed from a second reservoir of molten rock 4.35 billion years ago.
    Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Boiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiling. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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