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- verb To remove
ice , as from thewings of anairplane .
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Examples
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Really, someone who pulled down 12 mil, spends more to de-ice a private jet than most people make annually understands the struggles of the little people, yep and the Brooklyn Bridge is still for sale.
Palin on 2012: 'If it's right, then we will pursue that' 2010
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But the airport had intermittent power outages that made it impossible to refuel or de-ice and created problems using jet bridges for fliers to disembark, JetBlue said.
JetBlue Investigated for Tarmac Delay Susan Carey 2011
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Lacking the resources to de-ice the entire airfield rapidly, BAA was unable to operate Heathrow at full capacity for five days.
BAA likely to have lost £25m as a result of snow crisis 2011
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Eric Heraud, a spokesman for the General Direction of Civilian Aviation, said Charles de Gaulle airport said the cancellations are necessary because the airport is running low on reserves of ethylene glycol, the liquid used to de-ice planes.
Freeze Strands Passengers at Paris Airport Init Landauro 2010
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Took me about half an hour to defrost de-ice, really my inches of ice covered freezer.
From The Tips Box: Freezer De-Icing, Shortest URLs | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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If the low temperature for the day or night was only 58, why would they need to de-ice the plane even once?
Malia Litman: Can You Smell What Palin Is Shoveling Now? 2010
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That system, built by Passur Aerospace Inc. in 2001, helped airlines, the airport and the FAA plan runway closures for snowplows and did some crude metering of departures so that airlines could plan when to de-ice jets.
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I have many more mornings left of waking up to de-ice my car, cursing under my breath the entire time.
Archive 2010-01-01 Loukia 2010
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If the low temperature for the day or night was only 58, why would they need to de-ice the plane even once?
Can You Smell What Palin Is Shoveling Now? Malia Litman 2010
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The filings show Palin's political wing, Sarah PAC, paid a FL-based airplane service company $14K to de-ice a private jet.
Palin PAC spent little on candidates in first quarter Rachel Weiner 2010
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