as in melting
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun
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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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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
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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
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“Deliquescing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliquescing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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