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adjective

Definition of icednext
as in frosted

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verb

past tense of ice
1
as in assured
to make sure, certain, or safe with that win, the team has pretty much iced a spot in the play-offs

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2
as in assassinated
slang to put to death deliberately that gang leader wouldn't hesitate to ice anyone who tries to invade his turf

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Recent Examples of iced
Adjective
The Star had order #1640, a large iced Coach tiramisu latte with oat milk, which came with a cookie on the lid. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Inside, Goodman introduced me to his wife, Anna Beth, who had set out cake and iced tea, and their golden retriever, Birdie. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
With less than two minutes left and Kansas City holding onto a 30-27 lead, the Chiefs botched the snap, leading to a failed third-down conversion that would have iced the game. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Brissett looked to Michael Wilson for the game-tying touchdown, but Banks jumped the route, securing an interception that iced the game. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for iced
Recent Examples of Synonyms for iced
  1. frosted
  2. assured
  3. assassinated
  4. frozen
  5. ensured
  6. murdered
  7. refrigerated
  8. guaranteed
Adjective
  • For the celebration, Hambro Arader oversaw the evening's creative direction, arranging the jewels among frosted fruits, silver serving pieces, and colorful textiles.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The 17e uses Ceramic Shield 2, Apple’s custom glass that offers scratch resistance and drop protection on the front, alongside standard frosted glass on the back.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of frosted
Verb
  • The City of Torrance said it's been affected by the outage but assured residents that services would continue.
    — Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The outages are affecting email services in Miami Beach, Austin, and Jacksonville, though officials assured residents that emergency services were still active.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of assured
Verb
  • Kerr is a longtime Democrat whose father Malcolm was assassinated by religious extremists in 1984 while the elder Kerr served as the president of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
    — Liam Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Currently, a majority of the country’s capital is controlled by gangs after the president was assassinated in 2021.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of assassinated
Adjective
  • Bump’s work is consistently interesting (his last book was 2023’s The New Naturals), and this one, a meditation on parental inheritance set in a frozen world, feels especially engaging.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Two shaggy ebony draft horses pulled a vintage sleigh along a powdery path that hugged the shores of frozen Lake Louise.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of frozen
Verb
  • The bipartisan process has ensured that the FCC’s makeup complies with US law, but Trump hasn’t followed the tradition in his second term.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Trump’s approval among young men, a key voting bloc that ensured his return to power, has plummeted, and popular podcasters who cater to a younger audience have abandoned him.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of ensured
Verb
  • Detectives from the start suspected Panetti had been murdered.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • It was consecrated by James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, young Black and Jewish men murdered together in 1964 for their work to register Black voters.
    — Seth Limmer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of murdered
Adjective
  • Perishable foods – produce, meat and dairy – travel in refrigerated trucks, making them among the most expensive products to distribute.
    — Michelle Miller, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
  • It is also designed to fit almost any dry van or refrigerated trailer.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of refrigerated
Verb
  • The next four games, which Willis is guaranteed to miss while on IR, come against the Indianapolis Colts, the Buffalo Bills, the New York Jets and Denver Broncos.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
  • This year the Irish are guaranteed a spot if they’re ranked in the top 12 by the CFP committee for what will be the last year of the 12-team postseason.
    — Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of guaranteed

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“Iced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iced. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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