variants
also liquifying
as in melting
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 liquefying
Summit has proposed capturing CO2 emissions from dozens of ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, liquefying it under pressure and transporting it via the pipeline to North Dakota, to sequester it deep underground.
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Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Their chemical concoction containing the bacterium is then pumped in, liquefying the rock underground.
—Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026
Aloe Vera Shots for Digestion Aloe vera shots are made by liquefying the clear gel inside the leaves of the aloe vera plant to create a drinkable form.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Their chemical concoction containing the bacterium is then pumped in, liquefying the rock underground.
—Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026
Aloe Vera Shots for Digestion Aloe vera shots are made by liquefying the clear gel inside the leaves of the aloe vera plant to create a drinkable form.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquefying
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The cave system flooded at the end of the last ice age — the end of the Pleistocene epoch — approximately 8,000 years ago, due to rising sea levels from melting ice.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Rising sea levels from melting ice submerged the passages.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Later in the day, after crew wakeup, flight controllers re-oriented the Orion capsule allow sunlight to warm up the waste water vent line in hopes of thawing any frozen material.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The communication shown in the filings indicates a thawing relationship between the two entrepreneurs after a decade-long rivalry.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Liquefying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquefying. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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