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   broil

   /broil/

   verb

   • 1. cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct, intense radiant heat: North American "he broiled a wedge of sea bass"
   • ▪ become very hot, especially from the sun: North American "the countryside lay broiling in the sun"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘burn, char’): from Old French bruler ‘to burn’, of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

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