become or cause to become soft or liquid; The sun melted the ice; the ice thawed; the ice cream melted; The heat melted the wax; The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase; dethaw the meat

[ Syn: dissolve , thaw , unthaw , dethaw , melt ]

make (assets) available; release the holdings in the dictators bank account

[ Syn: unblock , unblock , free , free , release , release ]