unfreezing

Definition of unfreezingnext
present participle of unfreeze

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Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Rising sea levels from melting ice submerged the passages.
    Ryan Brennan April 4, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Unfreezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreezing. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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