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Robert knows of people who have forced their own impairments—via acids, ethanol shots, and most often by a method involving prolonged immersion of the unwanted limb in dry ice until necrosis sets in and a surgeon is forced to amputate.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
Its pasties are shipped frozen with dry ice to most of the U.S.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2024
Each box is carefully packaged with dry ice in a Styrofoam container to keep it frozen and fresh during transit.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
The punch bowl becomes a smoking cauldron with the addition of dry ice.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Dry ice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20ice. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
dry ice
noun
: solid carbon dioxide
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