as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the blood coagulated, and a scab formed on the wound
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Recent Examples of coagulate
Marie panics, her mother bursts inside to see what's going on… and Marie's blood suddenly coagulates into a sharp point and soars through the air, slitting her mother's throat.
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Alex Raiman, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2023
Then they are allowed to coagulate, before being pressed into shape.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Scientists have proven the blood of salmon in pre-spawn phases coagulates almost immediately.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
Fish scientists agree the blood of a salmon in the pre-spawning phase coagulates almost instantaneously.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
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Alex Raiman, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2023
Then they are allowed to coagulate, before being pressed into shape.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Scientists have proven the blood of salmon in pre-spawn phases coagulates almost immediately.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
Fish scientists agree the blood of a salmon in the pre-spawning phase coagulates almost instantaneously.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
See all Example Sentences for coagulate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coagulate
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Despite having solid individual contributors, this team never gelled.Todd Boss, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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There may be a period of adjustment before Smith Rowe gels with his team-mates.Alex Brodie, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
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While freezing temperatures will be experienced in parts of northern Florida on Friday and Saturday, this week's cold snap was not expected to result in snowfall anywhere in the state.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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In February 2021, a winter storm brought days of freezing temperatures that knocked out power and heat to millions of Texans and led to nearly 250 deaths.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
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After this revelation, competition began to stiffen, and in 2012 the Ecke family sold its company to a Dutch agricultural operation, citing global competition and consolidation.Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 29 Nov. 2024
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That’s because, in addition to stiffening smartphone competition, President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of China tariffs could weigh on device sales even more.Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
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For example, William of Auvergne, who served as bishop of Paris in the thirteenth century, described the need to convert fleeting passions such as love and joy into lasting dispositions—and to avoid allowing hate, pain, or anger to congeal similarly.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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The film dramatically recreates many terrifyingly visceral details of war: blood congealing on faces facing a campfire, birds devouring the eyes of a corpse, a woman walking into a fire that would consume her.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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At the hospital, she was given fluids, a clotting drug and a transfusion, but her bleeding continued.Erin Edwards, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2024
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Leukemia bruises may last longer because the body is not able to clot the blood.Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Coagulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coagulate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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