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- verb Present participle of
de-ice .
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Examples
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Unlike the snowstorms, which must be followed by removal and de-icing of the aircraft, "when the rain stops, the airlines can fly almost immediately," said Hunter Keay, an airline analyst for Wolfe Trahan & Co.
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The plane, a single-engine Socata TBM-700, had de-icing equipment, but investigators haven't determined whether it had been activated or perhaps turned on too late.
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Wrestling and wrangling winter gear adds probably something like 40 minutes of work to my day, not counting shoveling the snow, de-icing the car, etc. Gah!
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Unlike the snowstorms, which must be followed by removal and de-icing of the aircraft, "when the rain stops, the airlines can fly almost immediately," said Hunter Keay, an airline analyst for Wolfe Trahan & Co.
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That might mean planes will require more de-icing, he said, though other researchers weren't so sure.
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Since most modern freezers defrost automatically, we're spared the big chore of routinely emptying and de-icing them.
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I don't mind the occasional de-icing, but this was over the top.
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While backup generators were on hand in some places, generators had to be brought to storage areas for fuel and de-icing fluid.
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Bluestocking – de-icing planes sounds very serious – you are far more intrepid than me!
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Even rich countries can be caught off guard: Witness the thousands stranded when Heathrow skimped on de-icing supplies and let five inches of snow ground flights for two days before Christmas.
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