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  • noun something or someone that defogs.

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Examples

  • Lower the windows, drive for about a minute, roll up the windows and set the ac to defogger.

    Cool Down A Scorching Car As Quickly As Possible | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I've seen people shoot/spray water through the front grill of the car to cool down the fins on the a/c before they get in to start it up and I like the idea of misting and cooling via the defogger, but if you run that compressor when it's super hot and the gasses are all expanded from sitting in the sun; prepare to visit the mechanics shop before long.

    Cool Down A Scorching Car As Quickly As Possible | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Thank you… again you take out yer trusty “defogger” and illuminate the distinctions that make the difference in an argument.

    Firedoglake » Norma Desmond Redux 2006

  • In keeping with the theme of "South Florida weather is seriously screwed up and makes our voting system look organized and intelligent," however, the only actual rain we have seen here is the rain of invective from me against the defogger thing for my face mask, which is not working, unless fog was intended to appear on the face mask anyway, in which case, we're on track!

    Keys trip, Day Three mariness 2005

  • Reliability, stability, and calm—good reasons why, when Matthew turned sixty-five and his arthritis worsened enough to make his hands useless in the trade, he fitted the vessel with a new engine and tanks, rebuilt the pilothouse with permanent sides to keep out the wind, polished the mahogany to an even higher sheen, installed a defogger on the center window and seating for passengers in the stern, and relaunched the Amelia Celeste as a ferry.

    The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

  • Reliability, stability, and calm—good reasons why, when Matthew turned sixty-five and his arthritis worsened enough to make his hands useless in the trade, he fitted the vessel with a new engine and tanks, rebuilt the pilothouse with permanent sides to keep out the wind, polished the mahogany to an even higher sheen, installed a defogger on the center window and seating for passengers in the stern, and relaunched the Amelia Celeste as a ferry.

    The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

  • And its making very weird noises when I use the heater or defogger.

    dulligirl Diary Entry dulligirl 2004

  • I have to turn around in my seat, looking over Rebecca's head through the lines of defogger tape, but I can still see him.

    Songs of the Humpback Whale Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 1992

  • And, to get the rider there and back again, each Special featured a precisely contoured armored fairing to protect the lower body, a high-rising windshield over this, fitted with defogger coils.

    The Arsenal Ahern, Jerry 1988

  • “Nasty day,” he muttered, turning on the defogger to try to clear the windshield.

    The Unforgiven Patricia MacDonald 1981

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