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boiled

adjective as in done

adjective as in sodden

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Thailand and Cambodia witnessed their worst cross-border clashes in decades in July, when a territory dispute boiled over into five days of open combat along their jungle-clad frontier.

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The wartime city simultaneously boiled with creative energy.

Because Shelley came up with “Frankenstein” as an 18-year-old newlywed who’d just lost a baby, her message gets boiled down to gender: Women birth life, men mimic it.

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Yams are also a prized ingredient in Nigerian cuisine -- fried, boiled, mashed or turned into flour.

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But tensions have boiled up again in recent days.

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

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