1
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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2
as in to thaw
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter
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Recent Examples of melt
Add yeast mixture and melted butter to flour mixture.
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Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
An adult cat's bond with a litter of kittens who do not appear to be her own has melted the hearts of viewers on TikTok.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
My first post-grad apartment had just one aging window air conditioner unit in Birmingham, Alabama, and a tower fan single handedly prevented me from melting.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
An adult cat's bond with a litter of kittens who do not appear to be her own has melted the hearts of viewers on TikTok.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
My first post-grad apartment had just one aging window air conditioner unit in Birmingham, Alabama, and a tower fan single handedly prevented me from melting.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt
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The film is also an introspective interrogation of Cruise's stardom, confronting its main character with uncomfortable realities: his world is artificial, insulated, and fleeting, and his multimillion-dollar good looks could disappear in an instant.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
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Plaza plays a cop who Qualley has a passionate love affair with until things turn sour when her niece disappears.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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But with Putin’s announcement, weeks of what appeared to be Trump’s thawing relations with Zelensky and impatience with Moscow are once again in question.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
12 May 2025
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The remains of a Connecticut woman who vanished while hiking in Japan over two years ago have been identified, her family said Saturday.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Without continued protection of their habitat, the zoo’s population models predict this iconic species will vanish within the lifetime of a child born today.—
Megan Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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It must be compressed to high pressure or liquefied and then transported from its production facility to its final destination.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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For decades scientists have been puzzled by a tiny parasite that affects millions worldwide, with the power to liquefy human organs and evade the immune system in ways that science hasn't been able to explain.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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However, the glamour faded soon after the team docked in Manhattan.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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That faded, and Maresca’s task will be maintaining the charge next season.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Its rich, tinted formula softens without compromising pigment making Eadem’s Lip Softening Balm a no-fuss makeup staple that will leave you looking primped on the go and after a long day.—
Valerie Butler,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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Within days, Wall Street firms softened their forecasts of a recession.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 May 2025
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The Imperial Senate is dissolved The Emperor dissolves the Senate, the last functioning remnant of the Republic, and moves to centralize powers under the planetary governors.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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As cities collapsed, old identities and territories dissolved.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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“Melt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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