boiling point
noun
1
: the temperature at which a liquid boils
2
a
: the point at which a person becomes uncontrollably angry
b
: the point of crisis : head sense 17b
matters had reached the boiling point
Examples of boiling point in a Sentence
The boiling point of water is 212° Fahrenheit or 100° Celsius.
when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard
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Tesla shares fell 14% as the tensions reached a boiling point, shedding $152 billion in market cap.
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Sara Salinas, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Occasional eruptions of controversy were provoked by oversights – most notably after the death of Joan Rivers – but reached a boiling point last year with the rapid succession of the deaths of actors Maggie Smith, Gavin Creel, Adrian Bailey and Ken Page.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 June 2025
His success seems to have brought out Trump derangement syndrome to the boiling point.
—Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noctua has advanced the technology to the point of settling on a specific chemical liquid with a low-enough boiling point to vaporize and circulate under typical CPU cooler temperatures.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
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Sara Salinas, CNBC, 6 June 2025
Occasional eruptions of controversy were provoked by oversights – most notably after the death of Joan Rivers – but reached a boiling point last year with the rapid succession of the deaths of actors Maggie Smith, Gavin Creel, Adrian Bailey and Ken Page.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 5 June 2025
His success seems to have brought out Trump derangement syndrome to the boiling point.
—Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noctua has advanced the technology to the point of settling on a specific chemical liquid with a low-enough boiling point to vaporize and circulate under typical CPU cooler temperatures.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
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“Boiling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiling%20point. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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boiling point
noun
boil·ing point
ˈbȯi-liŋ-ˌpȯint 
: the temperature at which a liquid boils
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