reach boiling point

if a situation or an emotion reaches boiling point, it becomes impossible to control because the emotions involved are so strong Public anger reached boiling point when troops were called in to control protesters.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thijmen	-	Dutch
Elena	E-le-nah (Italian), e-LE-nah (Spanish), ye-LYE-nah (Russian), ee-LYE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, German, Medieval Sla
Otso	OT-so	Finnish
Abishai	ə-BISH-ie (English)	Biblical
Clemmie	['klemi]
Grayson	GRAY-sən	English (Modern)