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also liquify
as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state
the steel liquefied in the intense heat of the forge
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Recent Examples of liquefy
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).
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Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Aloe Vera Shots for Digestion Aloe vera shots are made by liquefying the clear gel inside the leaves of the aloe vera plant to create a drinkable form.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
Natural gas must be liquefied for export overseas, which has triggered the massive race to build out LNG facilities, especially along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 July 2025
At that point, internal heaters fire up, the two halves of the bolt liquify, and then melt back together again, healing the tendon within about half an hour.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2019
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Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Aloe Vera Shots for Digestion Aloe vera shots are made by liquefying the clear gel inside the leaves of the aloe vera plant to create a drinkable form.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
Natural gas must be liquefied for export overseas, which has triggered the massive race to build out LNG facilities, especially along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 July 2025
At that point, internal heaters fire up, the two halves of the bolt liquify, and then melt back together again, healing the tendon within about half an hour.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquefy
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Some of the summer heat has melted away, with the golden days around 75F.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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On their simulated planet, clouds released rain that froze into icebergs that melted and flowed down rivers, soaking soil and evaporating to rejoin the atmosphere.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the courses fuse education with promotion, selling a picture of the world where defensive gun use is a regrettable but likely occurrence, and where self-defense insurance is a necessary part of any gun owner’s tactical tool kit.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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The style fused the sleek polish of a wet look with a deep, sculptural wave that framed the face before melting seamlessly into a bun.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Liquefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquefy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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