as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state a rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun
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Recent Examples of deliquesce That was sitting out there, in a state of just deliquescing. —
Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019 Not lumpia Shanghai, spring rolls as skinny as cheroots, the ground pork inside flecked with deliquescing fat. —Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 June 2017
Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019 Not lumpia Shanghai, spring rolls as skinny as cheroots, the ground pork inside flecked with deliquescing fat. —Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 June 2017
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To fill the cracks in all the sculptures, the artist had melted vats of beeswax.— Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
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Again, the whole bite melted on my tongue.— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
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More than half a century of Cold War hostilities were thawing.— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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But in a sign tensions are thawing, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is set to meet White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Friday, Axios reported.— Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Deliquesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/deliquesce. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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