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broil

[broil] / brɔɪl /
VERB
cook under direct heat
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“You can bake, broil and fry with the small Wonder Oven,” LaMonica says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

The dough is slightly blistered but stretchy, and turning the oven on broil for the last two minutes of the bake ensures the cheese is perfectly blistered.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

She can whip up a couple of mean pasta dishes, barbeque chicken and broil a hell of a steak.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023

Capital Beijing is expected to broil in 37-39°C temperatures until Saturday, and the Tianjin Meteorological Observatory raised its warning level to red with temperatures expected to hit 40°C.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023

But when we stepped off the airplane and staggered out into the field with our bags, the Congolese people surrounded us-—Lordy!—in a chanting broil.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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