Broil

/brɔɪl/ verb

To cook food with direct high heat from above, or to involve someone in a heated conflict or argument.

From Old French 'bruiller' meaning to burn or broil, possibly from Latin 'burere' (to burn). The word entered English around the 14th century with cooking meanings first, then figurative meanings.

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