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English

Noun

the act of boiling
a sudden emotional outburst

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ebullition \Eb`ul*li"tion\, n. [F. ['e]bullition, L. ebullitio,
fr. ebullire. See Ebullient.]
1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced
in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
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2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other
process which causes the liberation of a gas or an
a["e]riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a
carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition.]
[1913 Webster]

3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an
ebullition of anger or ill temper.
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WordNet ebullition
n : an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: effusion, gush,
outburst, blowup]

Moby Dictionary
ado , agitation , bluster , bobbery , boil , boiling , brawl , broil ,
brouhaha , bubbliness , bubbling , bustle , cacophony , carbonation ,
chaos , churn , coction , commotion , conturbation , decoction ,
discomposure , disorder , disquiet , disquietude , disturbance ,
ebullience , ebulliency , ebulliometer , eddy , effervescence ,
effervescency , embroilment , excitement , fanaticism , feery-fary ,
ferment , fermentation , fever , feverishness , fidgets , fizz , fizzle ,
flap , flurry , fluster , flutteration , foaming , foment , fomentation ,
foofaraw , frenzy , frothiness , frothing , fume , furor , furore , fury ,
fuss , hubbub , hurly-burly , hurry , hurry-scurry , inquietude ,
jitters , jumpiness , maelstrom , malaise , moil , nerviness , nervosity ,
nervousness , pandemonium , passion , pell-mell , perturbation , racket ,
rage , restlessness , roil , rout , row , ruckus , ruffle , rumpus ,
seethe , seething , simmer , simmering , sparkle , spumescence , stewing ,
stir , storminess , swirl , swirling , tempestuousness , to-do ,
trepidation , trepidity , tumult , tumultuation , tumultuousness ,
turbidity , turbulence , turmoil , twitter , unease , unrest , uproar ,
upset , vortex , whirl , wildness , yeastiness , zeal , zealousness