deice
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of deice
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And while this may not be warm enough to melt a heavy snow event before plows are needed, it can help deice the road surface and increase transportation safety, even in heavy snow events.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
It takes anywhere from a few minutes to 40 minutes or longer to deice a plane, depending on the conditions and the size of the plane.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Every summer, Delta brings about 400 workers to Minneapolis to a three-day “summer deice boot camp.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
“I would never have guessed that Jacksonville, Florida, or Pensacola or Tallahassee would need to deice aircraft — and they do, so we train employees there as well,” Ashworth says.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Delta deiced about 30,000 planes around its system last winter, and 13,000 of those were in Minneapolis.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Planes need to be deiced because if left untreated, ice forms on the body and wings, interfering with the flow of air that keeps the plane aloft.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
The agency said Kim called a meeting of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party’s Politburo where members deiced to raise its anti-virus measures.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
Airplane wings could have sensors that would send an alert to a central system when the wings needed to be deiced.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2018
They would fail in the Arctic, where drones must be equipped with deicing systems, robust propulsion to deal with strong winds, and run on jet fuel or diesel instead of batteries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Paul, and Akron-Canton Airport deicing planes on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
"Our findings suggest that the phase-change material treated lightweight aggregate concrete was more suited for deicing applications at sub-zero temperatures due to its gradual heat release within wider range of temperature," Farnam said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
Southwest, which canceled nearly 17,000 flights last year, said it purchased additional deicing trucks and updated its crew-scheduling technology.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Southwest officials say they have since purchased additional deicing trucks and heating equipment and will add staff at cold-weather airports depending on the forecast.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
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