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To thaw.

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Deliquesce 76% connected

To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flux 76% connected

The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Liquefy 76% connected

To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disintegrable 74% connected

Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disintegrable 74% connected

Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Melt 74% connected

See 2d Milt.

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Melt 74% connected

See 2d Milt.

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Melter 74% connected

One who, or that which, melts.

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Melter 74% connected

One who, or that which, melts.

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Thaw 74% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

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Thaw 74% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

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Dissolve 92% connected

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to term…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Free 92% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Melt 92% connected

See 2d Milt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thaw 92% connected

To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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