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boil

verb as in heat to bubbling

verb as in be angry

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The Uzbek despot distinguished himself by “boiling his enemies, slaughtering his poverty-stricken people when they protest, and conscripting armies of children for slave labour,” according to The Guardian.

From Salon

Ray’s mysterious and fraught history as a member of the British military during the Troubles is a festering boil this film will eventually lance.

He said: "A little interesting tidbit is that this means the boiling point of water will be probably 98C for parts of the north west of Scotland on Friday night, in theory."

From BBC

In addition to allegedly using makeshift blades, Abedi has also been accused of throwing boiling hot liquid at officers during the attack.

From BBC

But it really boiled down to one thing: Stop Barkley.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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