dethaw
verbEtymology From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.
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Nonstandard To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.
- "That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted." He made only the slightest little grunt.2001, Jane Vandenburgh, Physics of Sunset, page 27: