verb
make or become hard or solid.
"the magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals"
Similar:
harden
go hard
set
freeze
ice over/up
gel
thicken
stiffen
congeal
clot
coagulate
curdle
cake
dry
bake
consolidate
ossify
fossilize
petrify
gelatinize
Opposite:
liquefy
melt
thaw
gasify
make stronger; reinforce.
The line demonstrating the use of an understatement is the following:
<em><u>BOB (still looking out—looks up): Still all right up above, though. </u></em>
Having read the previous lines, the reader gets the sense that the situation is critical, the water is rising and it has already flooded the whole lower part of the hotel. However, Bob wants to diminish the emergency of the situation by stating that the upper part still looks alright meaning that the extent of the damage is not as great as Ed says.
The answer is ABCB
Hope this helps