melt (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt (away)
Verb
  • The movie vibrates with energy when Luke is discovering Ashiq/Aysha’s world, but that feeling evaporates for entire stretches later on, as the filmmakers follow the characters back to their normal lives.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 July 2025
  • Finally, after years in comedy clubs and the promise of other series suddenly evaporated.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • Seventeen children vanish at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving behind only one boy — Alex Lilly (Cary Christopher).
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • That funding — which totaled more than $250 million for the state, including about $192 million from Baldwin — vanished earlier this year after Congress passed a continuing resolution that did not include the earmarks.
    Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Melt (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20%28away%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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