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dethaw

det·haw

uncommon

verb

1.

become or cause to become soft or liquid

  • “The sun melted the ice”
  • “the ice thawed”
  • “the ice cream melted”
  • “The heat melted the wax”
  • “The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase”
  • “dethaw the meat”
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Origin

From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.

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