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also liquifies
as in melts
to go from a solid to a liquid state
the steel liquefied in the intense heat of the forge
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Recent Examples of liquefies
The Environmental Protection Agency describes Cs-137 as a flexible, soft, and silvery-white metal that liquifies near room temperature.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquefies
melts
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But actually being here, that stuff melts away.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Lloyd brings a stiff upper lip that melts away to secret tenderness and fear to Celeste, who is not only navigating the realities of being the only Black woman in the group, but also returning home to take care of her ailing mother.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Liquefies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquefies. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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