unfreeze

Verb

unfreeze (third-person singular simple present unfreezes, present participle unfreezing, simple past unfroze, past participle unfrozen)

1. (transitive) To defrost something.
2. (intransitive) To thaw.
3. (intransitive) To resume movement.
   • He lowered the gun, and we unfroze.
4. (transitive) To release from a previously locked or frozen state.
5. (transitive) To release previously suspended financial assets.
   • The indictment said that after Mr. Bankman-Fried received confirmation that the accounts were unfrozen, the rest of the bribe money was paid.2023 March 28, Matthew Goldstein, “Sam Bankman-Fried Is Charged With Foreign Bribery”, in The New York Times, →ISSN