How to Use deice in a Sentence

deice

verb
  • We watched while they deiced the plane before takeoff.
  • First departures of the day can generally be deiced and on their way.
    — WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The first priority will be deicing bridges as well as road near hospital entrances.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The airport does not deice aircraft or supply deicing fluid to the airlines.
    — Katherine Sayre, NOLA.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Deicing protocols are in place so that will delay flights about 15 minutes, Montgomery said.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Airlines are deicing this morning but no major delays or cancellations due to weather.
    — Jesse Paul, The Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2017
  • But the rollout faltered last winter when deicing fluid seeped into antennae and scrambled the equipment on some aircraft.
    — Alison Sider, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • Airlines lose some high-paying business passengers who buy walk-up fares and incur extra costs from bringing in additional staff and deicing planes.
    — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Detroit is a cold place in December, and since ice and airplane control surfaces don't mix, a deicing stop on the way to the runway is often necessary.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2018
  • When the weather takes a wintry turn, many cities and municipalities in North America rely on salt to deice their roads.
    — Jamie Summers, Philly.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The Flying Fortress hit the ground about 1,000 feet short of the runway, crashed into deicing storage tanks and burst into flames.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Airline delays are likely due to deicing operations, poor visibility and a low cloud ceiling.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Those who ventured out experienced a sight Houston rarely sees - anti-freeze trucks out working to deice the roads, uncongested highways and closed overpasses due to ice.
    — Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Flights are delayed an average of 36 minutes as ground crews deice departing flights, according to the FAA.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Last winter, deicing fluid infiltrated some of the antennas and disrupted Wi-Fi service on board.
    — Ally Marotti, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Start with heat and airflow To deice a vehicle, automotive and transportation safety experts recommend starting with heat, patience and the right tools.
    — Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The city had deployed 55 plows and deicing trucks from the Portland Bureau of Transportation, as well as several trucks from the city water bureau that had been outfitted with plows.
    — Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Bobbie Egan said the carrier had trouble getting some employees to the airport and that passengers faced delays because workers had to deice jets.
    — Manuel Valdes, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2017
  • However, Zaninovich said a preliminary analysis suggested the substance was deicing agent residue, which got into the ventilation system when the plane was sprayed in Seattle.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2017
  • In addition to groundwater pumping, paved surfaces and deicing road salts have increased salt concentrations in bodies of freshwater across the United States, threatening the state of our drinking water at vast scales.
    — Theresa Laverty, Smithsonian, 2 May 2018
  • The Ohio Department of Transportation monitors pavement temperatures and considers what components need to go into salt for deicing.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Flights headed in and out of DIA were being delayed by an average of 30 minutes at that time because of winter weather, including the need to deice departing planes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025

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