liquefy
verb
liq·ue·fy
ˈli-kwə-ˌfī 
variants
or less commonly liquify
liquefied; liquefying
: to reduce to a liquid state
: to become liquid
Examples of liquefy in a Sentence
The vegetables were liquefied in a blender.
The plastic liquefied in the intense heat.
Recent Examples on the Web
Roughly 30 dead dogs were uncovered in total, however, officials could only recover the remains of 18 because some had decomposed to the point their bodies were liquefied.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
Blending involves liquefying a fruit or vegetable, usually with another liquid like water or milk.2
Are Smoothies Good for You?
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Eye floaters crop up when the vitreous, or the jelly-like substance that fills the back of your eye, begins to liquefy.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Companies are developing and marketing varied and creative ways to store renewable energy: liquefying carbon dioxide, de-rusting iron, heating towers filled with sand to temperatures almost hot enough to melt aluminum.
—Amos Zeeberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Then more flexible, bendable or even liquefied forms of time come into their own.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
The brands with the most at stake as the NCAA’s economic model begins to liquefy.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
And liquefying the gas for transport in oceangoing tankers is energy-intensive.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
And so what would happen is these sort of salts began to liquefy.
—Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Apr. 2024
Blending involves liquefying a fruit or vegetable, usually with another liquid like water or milk.2
Are Smoothies Good for You?
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Eye floaters crop up when the vitreous, or the jelly-like substance that fills the back of your eye, begins to liquefy.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Companies are developing and marketing varied and creative ways to store renewable energy: liquefying carbon dioxide, de-rusting iron, heating towers filled with sand to temperatures almost hot enough to melt aluminum.
—Amos Zeeberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Then more flexible, bendable or even liquefied forms of time come into their own.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
The brands with the most at stake as the NCAA’s economic model begins to liquefy.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
And liquefying the gas for transport in oceangoing tankers is energy-intensive.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
And so what would happen is these sort of salts began to liquefy.
—Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
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“Liquefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liquefy. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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liquefy
verb
liq·ue·fy
ˈlik-wə-ˌfī
liquefied; liquefying
: to make or become liquid
liquefiable
adjective
-ˌfī-ə-bəl
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