UNFREEZING Synonyms

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt

• a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile

• become or cause to become soft or liquid

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• becoming liquid

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt

• not frozen

• make or become free of frost or ice

• become or cause to become soft or liquid

• (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

• grow less and less substantial until it disappears

• cause to go into a solution

• come to an end

• stop functioning or cohering as a unit

• cause to lose control emotionally

• lose control emotionally

• cause to fade away

• pass into a solution

• become or cause to become soft or liquid

• bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

• declare void

• not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• not held in servitude

• people who are free

• without restraint

• costing nothing

• not occupied or in use

• not fixed in position

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• completely wanting or lacking

• not literal

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• relieve from

• remove or force out from a position

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• make (information) available for publication

• free from obligations or duties

• free or remove obstruction from

• let off the hook

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

• become or cause to become soft or liquid

• become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

• lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

• become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

• become less intense and fade away gradually

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

• the act of liberating someone or something

• a process that liberates or discharges something

• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of allowing a fluid to escape

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

• release, as from one's grip

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• let (something) fall or spill from a container

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• eliminate (a substance)

• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

• make (information) available for publication

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

• clear or remove an obstruction from

• play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding

• make (assets) available

• become or cause to become soft or liquid