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pressure ice

American  

noun

  1. a general term for ice broken and deformed by stresses generated by wind, currents, or waves.


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There’s brash ice, pancake ice, bullet ice, green ice, frazil, nilas, breccia, shuga, slush ice, rotten ice, pressure ice, grease ice, ice dust, shorefast ice, ice flowers, ice haycocks, ice saddles, floes, calf bergs, growlers, and sastrugi, to name just a few.

From Literature

In response to lawsuits and public pressure, ICE has released hundreds of immigrants from detention facilities.

From Los Angeles Times

Senior officials at ICE did not take the proposal seriously at first, but as the White House exerted pressure, ICE’s legal advisers were asked to weigh in, DHS officials said.

From Washington Post

“The margin for clearing is higher than the margin of the client businesses that drives clearing at ICE, so perhaps this is justification for the clients to pressure ICE on pricing.”

From BusinessWeek

By pressure ice can be moulded to any shape, while the same ice snaps sharply asunder if subjected to tension.

From Project Gutenberg