deiced; deicing; deices
: to rid or keep free of ice
deice an airplane's wings
deicer
noun
Examples of deice in a Sentence
We watched while they deiced the plane before takeoff.
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Flights headed in and out of DIA were being delayed by an average of 30 minutes at that time because of winter weather, including the need to deice departing planes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
Jordan told conference attendees on Tuesday that the carrier is purchasing five deicing trucks for Denver and five for Chicago Midway.
—Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
Workers deice an Alaska Airlines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday, December 20.
—CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
Government officials said the plane underwent deicing before the flight, but Nazaraliyev recalled that the wings of the plane were covered in ice, and passengers who used emergency exits over the wings were slipping and falling down.
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
Jordan told conference attendees on Tuesday that the carrier is purchasing five deicing trucks for Denver and five for Chicago Midway.
—Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
Workers deice an Alaska Airlines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday, December 20.
—CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
Government officials said the plane underwent deicing before the flight, but Nazaraliyev recalled that the wings of the plane were covered in ice, and passengers who used emergency exits over the wings were slipping and falling down.
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
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“Deice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deice. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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