deliquesce

verb

1. (intransitive)To melt by absorbing water and disappearing.

   “But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago.”

   “The buildings were Victorian ruins; there were never any razor blades; cheap socks deliquesced beneath your feet.”

   “When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers.”

   “When mystery deliquesced into renewed bitching over the cramped ride, Alfred issued a second moan-bark: longer, louder, and impossible to ignore.”

2. (intransitive, physical)To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.

   “Some salts will deliquesce when left exposed.”