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boil

CEFR: A2
To heat a liquid to its boiling point where vapor pressure equals external atmospheric pressure, rapidly transforming it into steam.

Synonyms

  • vaporise
  • effervesce

Example Sentence

At standard sea-level atmospheric pressure, pure water boils at precisely one hundred degrees Celsius.

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