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as in steamed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the passengers were boiling when they found out the flight was delayed yet again
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiled
Adjective
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Sharon's fried chicken comes as a 2- or 4-piece meal with biscuits and either one or two sides.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025 -
Dressed cucumbers are also a great make-and-take side for picnics to add to a cold plate, serve alongside fried chicken, or even put on a sandwich.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
Verb
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In the wake of a cyclone, surface water temperatures plummet, and nutrient-rich deeper layers are churned upward.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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But other areas that had been under the control of the Kachin resistance were also churned up for rare earth mining, residents say.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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One kid ate the broiled fruit and loved it; the other would have sooner perished.—
Emily Weinstein,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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But if your crowd would call that having a side dish for supper, the rice won’t mind sharing the bill with a roast chicken, a lamb chop, sautéed mushrooms or a piece of broiled fish.—
David Tanis,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That clears the way for a heated World Heavyweight Championship feud between Rollins and Punk on Raw.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Chip seal contractors just have to keep the liquid asphalt hot in special heated tanker trucks.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiled. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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