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View definitions for melt

melt

verb as in liquefy; dissolve

verb as in give in, yield

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Stephen, recruited for his ability to provide the necessary tools, had produced a 100-tonne jack, explosives, and a thermal lance, which heats and melts steel with pressurized oxygen to create very high temperatures.

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The snowfall pattern is changing and then the melting of the glacier is changing.

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Don’t ask me why metal melted and double-paned windows shattered but a house made of wood didn’t ignite.

Take a step back though, take in the big picture and any image of England’s defensive stability melts away.

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The ground in November is not as cold as it would be in midwinter so some of the snow hitting the roads will probably melt, though larger accumulations could gather on colder grassy surfaces.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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