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boiling

adjective as in very hot

adjective as in angered

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"I'm only allowed to do business at this spot on weekends because during the week someone else uses it for their own business," she says while turning the dough in boiling oil.

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But, if there’s one thing you take away from this article and the accompanying recipe, let it be the habit of boiling your Swiss chard.

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.

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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."

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

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

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