unfreeze

verb

un·freeze ˌən-ˈfrēz

unfroze ˌən-ˈfrōz

; unfrozen ˌən-ˈfrō-zᵊn

; unfreezing

Synonyms of unfreeze next

transitive verb

: to cause to thaw

: to remove from a freeze

unfreeze wages

Examples of unfreeze in a Sentence

We can't wait until the ground unfreezes so we can start gardening. The warm weather unfroze the lake. The Justice Department agreed to unfreeze the company's assets. I had to wait for my computer to unfreeze before I could read my e-mail. He helped me to unfreeze my computer.

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She was instructed to press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, unfreezing her computer, but the instructions didn’t stop there. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024 And this group of 15 actors would freeze and unfreeze at the same time without anybody saying anything. —

Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024 The next conflict to unfreeze could be one that the outside world has all but forgotten—but that has the potential, like Syria, to draw outside powers into confrontations none of them want. —

Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024 With the turnover from Obama to Trump, Low hoped the new administration would go easy on him and unfreeze his assets. —

Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unfreeze