FROZE Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

froze

verb

past tense of freeze

as in hardened

to become physically firm or solid add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine

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Recent Examples of froze How the Slurpee became an American staple The Slurpee traces its roots back to the 1960s, when businessman Omar Knedlik developed a machine that partially froze soft drinks after noticing customers enjoyed semi-frozen sodas at his Dairy Queen franchise in Kansas. —

Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 13 May 2026 As a result, Pashinyan froze Armenia’s membership in the CSTO in February 2024. —

Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 Newsom and the Legislature froze enrollment to stop the hemorrhage. —

Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 May 2026 Maddox put water, corn oil and rubbing alcohol in the payload to check their temperatures and see which ones froze. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 During Chicago’s bitter winter of 2013-2014, the Humboldt Park Lagoon froze over, and snow piled on top of the thick layer of ice, plunging vegetation into a deadly darkness. —

Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 But Sun’s love affair with the Trumps turned into a bitter breakup in September after World Liberty Financial froze Sun’s tokens, preventing him from selling his tranche, which is now worth around $240 million at current market prices. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026 In response, the DR Congo froze exports the same month, followed by the quota system in October. —

Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 4 May 2026 Last year, the administration froze the lab’s efforts to track Ukrainian children and ended its contract. —

Shahrzad Rasekh, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

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Franchise art director Rasmus Poulsen has described it as a Bond who has experienced personal tragedy but hasn't yet been hardened by the darker side of spycraft.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Its purpose is to ensure that the questions before state legislators, members of Congress, and federal agencies are the right questions, asked in the right order, before another five hundred bills are introduced and a patchwork is hardened in place that no one designed and few defend.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026