Broil1. (n.) A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
2. (v. t.) To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
3. (v. t.) To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
4. (v. i.) To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
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