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 Bul·li·tion n.  The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition.
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 Eb·ul·li·tion n.
 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
 2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aëriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition.]
 3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
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