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  • adjective expressing the essence; condensed; summarized.

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Examples

  • There was a new boiled-down toughness to his body, as if the unessential bits of him had been burned off in the struggle for his soul.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • I think the boiled-down thing we can walk away from the article with - that for whatever reason a good many people give a rip about F&S and what image it has.

    Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010

  • There was a new boiled-down toughness to his body, as if the unessential bits of him had been burned off in the struggle for his soul.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • There was a new boiled-down toughness to his body, as if the unessential bits of him had been burned off in the struggle for his soul.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • That's the boiled-down version of a system that gives points, up to 15, for various infractions.

    Remote Island School A Beacon For Wayward Teens AP 2011

  • The truffle-flavored sauce on reburied carrots has been slow-cooked for hours with boiled-down mushrooms and rapeseed oil.

    Noma's Spectrum of Flavors Bruce Palling 2011

  • But these veteran fans weren't enough to keep the publishers up, so here come the boiled-down movies.

    Iron Guy grrm 2010

  • I think the boiled-down thing we can walk away from the article with - that for whatever reason a good many people give a rip about F&S and what image it has.

    Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A. 2010

  • That's the boiled-down version of a system that gives points, up to 15, for various infractions.

    Remote Island School A Beacon For Wayward Teens AP 2011

  • She'd go on, later, to pose nude, kiss a black man in Franciscan robes on MTV, practice a boiled-down version of Judaic mysticism, perform with a giant cross onstage, bankroll an African orphanage ...

    Michele Somerville: Holy Gaga! A Catholic's Defense of 'Alejandro' 2010

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  • So boiled-down there's not much here.

    August 14, 2011