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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
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Its alcohol-free, anhydrous wax base instantly melts onto the skin without leaving a greasy feel behind—just a subtle trail of its lush, hazy scent.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
14 Jan. 2025
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Sulfur is key Since the diving plate then melts at the extreme temperatures of the mantle, this provides the perfect conditions and materials (namely sulfur-rich fluids) to promote the formation of gold-bearing magma.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Dec. 2024
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Paradise Lost, Milton’s epic of civil war, exile, and a journey to a new, heavenly homeland, fuses the Aeneid with other classical and biblical models.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The original track fuses rock with hip-hop and its lyrical content is about winning big and having team pride.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Liquefies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquefies. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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