Broil

1. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

   I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please.

imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling

1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

1. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

   The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun.