Cryo-freeze

//kɹaɪoʊˈfɹiːz// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being cryogenically frozen.

    ""Both the original injury and the cryo-freeze did him a lot of damage, some of it permanent. He was forced to take a medical discharge, which he — hm! — did not handle well. It's not my place to discuss those details.” “If he was injured badly enough to need cryo-freeze, he was dead!” she said, startled. “Technically, I suppose so. 'Alive' and 'dead' are not such neat categories as they used to be in the Time of Isolation.”"

Verb
  1. 1
    To freeze something cryogenically. transitive

    "Cirno: "I'll cryo-freeze you together with some English beef!""

Example

More examples

"Cirno: "I'll cryo-freeze you together with some English beef!""

Etymology

From cryo- + freeze.

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