Thesaurus results for BOILING POINT

boiling point

noun

Definition of boiling point

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard

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Recent Examples of boiling point With the tension in the villa growing and reaching a boiling point following Casa Amor, Miller and Pessoa faced backlash over their takes on the latest Aftersun episode, which streamed on Saturday, June 26. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 June 2026 The vacuum lowers the boiling point of heavier fractions so they can be separated out easily. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 At the liquid’s boiling point, the molecules move vigorously enough to break the attractive forces holding them together, turning the substance into a gas. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026 Speaking about the tumultuous relationship on a 2024 episode of SiriusXM's This Life of Mine with James Corden, Miller reflected on the boiling point between the scandalous affair and the chaos of the paparazzi and tabloids hounding them. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for boiling point

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Bass said that the Lineage crisis is an environmental justice issue and highlights the health risks communities of color are disproportionately exposed to.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Singleton’s leadership was tested during the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession, and again during the COVID pandemic.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of crisis

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Keep in mind, there is a breaking point.

— Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Three of the Netherlands’ four goals came from this method, as Gakpo, Dumfries and Summerville stretched the Swedish defence to breaking point and opened up additional space in the middle.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of breaking point

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For this spiritual succession is not merely a religious event, but a critical flash point amid a struggle for influence over a faith practiced by almost 500 million people worldwide.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Shakespeare’s haughty Roman war hero, revered on the battlefield yet reviled by hungry plebeians, becomes the flash point in a young democracy tearing itself apart over power and sacrifice.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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