Boiling
Elastic
Elastic adjective - Able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted.
Boiling and elastic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boiling" instead an adjective "Elastic".
Nearby Words: elasticity, elasticated
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Most famously Gambo Hartstock's Hot Pot Catapult - a makeshift war machine consisting of a wooden spit rest strung with elastic that throws cauldrons of boiling soup over the enemy.
Source: Hobbits
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