verb
- past tense and past participle of deice; removed ice from a surface, especially an aircraft windshield or road
Usage: commonly used in aviation and winter driving contexts
Examples
- The ground crew deiced the airplane wings before takeoff.
- She deiced the car windshield with a scraper this morning.
- The highway department deiced the roads after the freezing rain.
- We deiced the front steps so no one would slip.
- The pilot confirmed that the windshield had been deiced.
- They deiced the parking lot using salt and sand.