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• v  reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• v  become or cause to become soft or liquid
• v  become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
• v  lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
• v  become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
• v  become less intense and fade away gradually
• s  reduced to liquid form by heating
  a mass of molten rock

• On the coast north of Bellingham, the first molten aluminum was tapped last week from the pots of the new $135 million Intalco plant, which will be the third biggest aluminum .
• Suddenly, the interface isn't fixed and rigid, it's fluid and molten.
• He never said anything, but not long after, I found a crate of molten metal delivered to the living room of my (rented) house.

• melt
• run
• melt down
• dissolve
• thaw
• unfreeze
• unthaw
• dethaw
• mellow
• mellow out
• meld
• fade
• disappear
• evaporate
• liquefied
• liquified

News & Articles

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• Earth's Moon: Formation, Composition and Orbit
  Scientists say a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients for the moon off the primitive molten Earth and into orbit. SPACE.com has an overview of Earth’s Moon, including its composition and orbit.
  June 21, 2013 - SPACE.com
• Justin Bieber: Paps, Cats, And Security Video Gaps
  Justin Bieber’s life, a molten mix of paparazzo dodging, supercar driving, touring and, of late, police investigations — now has a cat in it. More on that below. So, to the first of these. The latest frenzied event to assail the 19-year-old took place at around 11:45 pm on Monday night when the singer struck... Read more » Justin Bieber: Paps, Cats, And Security Video Gaps is a post from: The ...
  June 18, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• Man Runs Up Molten Lava Hill [Video]
  A video has recently been uploaded to LiveLeak, though it’s also available on YouTube, that shows a man running up a hill of molten lava. The unusual thing is, although the man is performing a pretty impressive feat, it’s a relatively simple video – there’s no additional music or commentary that you can expect to [...] Man Runs Up Molten Lava Hill [Video] is a post from: The Inquisitr
  June 15, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Leslie E. Robertson in Center for Research on Globalization
  Leslie Robertson, World Trade Center structural engineer, stated that on October 5, "21 days after the attacks, the fires were still burning and molten steel was still running."
• Randy Jackson in Dallas Morning News
  Randy called it "blazing, molten hot."
• Charlie Nearburg in Dallas Morning News
  Our chutes failed to deploy, so I had to use the brakes only to get the car stopped,Nearburg said. "The pistons melted out of the calipers. We had molten aluminum running down the rotors."