MACERATE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

macerate

verb

ˈma-sə-ˌrāt

Definition of macerate

as in to soak

to wet thoroughly with liquid garnished with cherries that had been macerated in liqueur

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Recent Examples of macerate From an acclaimed vineyard named for the shape of the hills behind it, their 2023 was macerated for 17 days and aged in 75 percent new French oak for 20 months. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026 This technique is called macerating, allowing the fruit to soften and the natural juices to come out. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2026 Stir well and set aside for at least 1 hour to macerate. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 8 June 2026 This recipe solves that problem by macerating the diced rhubarb and strawberries with sugar before folding them into the muffin batter. — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for macerate

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Establishing the run — and stopping it — could decide the winner on a playing surface soaked from rain during the days leading up to UF’s homecoming.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Last winter destroyed thousands of tents in Gaza, soaking clothes, mattresses, and bedding, even as Save the Children reported that Israel was blocking critical aid such as tent poles, winter clothes, and blankets.

— Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

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Using sine wave generators and pink lighting so saturated it essentially blots out all other color and shadow, Young and Zazeela created a space that’s somehow both static and full of life.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
By many accounts, Glass is a friendly, obliging collaborator, and his music—fruitfully self-effacing, rarely complex enough to saturate or overwhelm the listener’s attention—behaves the same way.

— Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

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Workers and employers are drowning in their health insurance premiums.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
And three, sometimes four, of those many waking hours are spent in the car — bouncing from home to school to her second or third job and home again — with music at full blast to drown out the babble of anxiety, most of it financial.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

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