"boilover" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: boilovers [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from boil over. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|boil over}} Deverbal from boil over Head templates: {{en-noun}} boilover (plural boilovers)
  1. A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards. Wikipedia link: boilover Related terms: overboil

Inflected forms

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