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"To heat something until it reaches its boiling point."
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"(US) To heat something until it reaches its boiling point."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "沸騰"
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "沸腾"
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "aan de kook brengen"
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "porter à ébullition"
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"roman": "futtō saseru",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "沸騰させる"
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "koke opp"
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"roman": "dovestí do kipénija",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "довести́ до кипе́ния"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "poner a hervir"
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
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"To bring (a debate, etc.) to a peak of activity or emotion."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "沸騰"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fèiténg",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "沸腾"
},
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "aan de kook brengen"
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{
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "kiehauttaa"
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{
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"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "porter à ébullition"
},
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"alt": "ふっとうさせる",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "futtō saseru",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "沸騰させる"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "koke opp"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dovestí do kipénija",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "довести́ до кипе́ния"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "poner a hervir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heat something until it reaches boiling point",
"word": "koka upp"
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"word": "bring to a boil"
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