boilover

See also: boil over

English

Etymology

boil +‎ over, from the phrasal verb.

Noun

boilover (plural boilovers)

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.

Anagrams

overboil

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