Dethaw vs. Thaw

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  • Dethaw (verb)

    To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.

  • Thaw (verb)

    To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen

    “the ice thaws”

  • Thaw (verb)

    To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

    “It’s beginning to thaw.”

  • Thaw (verb)

    To grow gentle or genial.

    “Her anger has thawed.”

  • Thaw (verb)

    To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

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