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boiling point

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of boiling point

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

Synonyms of boiling point

breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

Words Related to boiling point

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with boiling point

moment of truth, point of no return

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