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also liquify
as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state
the steel liquefied in the intense heat of the forge
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Make sure to fold in the diced strawberries to avoid liquefying your frosting.
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Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 May 2024
At around 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit, the planet is too toasty to support life, and its surface is likely liquefied and covered in magma.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Eye floaters crop up when the vitreous, or the jelly-like substance that fills the back of your eye, begins to liquefy.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Companies are developing and marketing varied and creative ways to store renewable energy: liquefying carbon dioxide, de-rusting iron, heating towers filled with sand to temperatures almost hot enough to melt aluminum.
—Amos Zeeberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 May 2024
At around 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit, the planet is too toasty to support life, and its surface is likely liquefied and covered in magma.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Eye floaters crop up when the vitreous, or the jelly-like substance that fills the back of your eye, begins to liquefy.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Companies are developing and marketing varied and creative ways to store renewable energy: liquefying carbon dioxide, de-rusting iron, heating towers filled with sand to temperatures almost hot enough to melt aluminum.
—Amos Zeeberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Liquefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquefy. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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