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as in disappears
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in thaws
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 melts
What scientists have found is that the push-and-pull of Saturn from the moon's new position creates heat that melts ice into water.
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The most important thing is to choose a cheese that melts well.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
The warm light gradually melts the wax, releasing a soothing scent without the need for a match.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
As climate change rapidly melts Earth’s ice, sides are being drawn among scientists on whether—and how—science should intervene to save it.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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
In turn, the sun melts away the snow, feeding the plants and giving rise to flowers, rainbows and eventually, beautifully, spring.
—Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
This wafer has a layer of material that melts away when illuminated by a laser.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2020
Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The most important thing is to choose a cheese that melts well.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
The warm light gradually melts the wax, releasing a soothing scent without the need for a match.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
As climate change rapidly melts Earth’s ice, sides are being drawn among scientists on whether—and how—science should intervene to save it.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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
In turn, the sun melts away the snow, feeding the plants and giving rise to flowers, rainbows and eventually, beautifully, spring.
—Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
This wafer has a layer of material that melts away when illuminated by a laser.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melts
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As police swarm the plant, Batman disappears in a puff of smoke.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Over such spans, change overwhelms continuity; too much simply disappears.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Defense Secretary, meanwhile, vanishes into a personal fog, thinking only of his daughter (Kaitlyn Dever), who lives in Chicago.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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However, analysts expect a sharp slump in the fourth quarter as the incentive for EV purchases vanishes.—
Rhea Rose Abraham,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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As Venus harmonizes with Uranus and Pluto, the hold another once had on your heart dissolves.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Hydrometallurgy dissolves battery materials in strong acids, which requires large quantities of chemical reagents and produces liquid waste streams that must be treated.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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That’s where Logano’s optimism fades.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Tailgating Tips Getting it Right Clemson’s shady campus is leafy and green in August and September, turning red and gold as summer fades to fall.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes Cs-137 as a flexible, soft, and silvery-white metal that liquifies near room temperature.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
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The hummingbirds are one of the few subjects that, briefly, softens him.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Chamomile softens the flame, vanilla sweetens the smoke, and the result is all loving, never strange… a total trance.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Melts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melts. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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