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deliquescing

verb

present participle of deliquesce
as in melting
to go from a solid to a liquid state a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun

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  1. melting
  2. thawing
Verb
  • That potential for change comes in part thanks to Nepal’s more than 6,000 rivers and streams that flow down from the mountains and are strengthened by monsoons and melting glaciers, which allow the country to run on 99% hydropower.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Waltz told Fox News Digital that the deal reflects the Arctic's growing strategic importance as melting ice opens new shipping routes and increases access to energy and mineral resources.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of melting
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  • The dinner capped a long, but friendly, day of meetings and celebrations, as the world’s two most powerful leaders seek to settle trade differences while simultaneously thawing the icy relationship between the United States and China.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, largely from burning fossil fuels, have pushed global temperatures so high that sea levels are rising, and shrinking glaciers and thawing permafrost are leaving mountainsides less stable.
    — Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of thawing
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“Deliquescing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliquescing. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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