vaporize
verb
va·por·ize
ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz 
vaporized; vaporizing
1
: to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
2
: to cause to become dissipated
3
: to destroy by or as if by converting into vapor
a tank vaporized by a shell
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Examples of vaporize in a Sentence
Heat is used to vaporize the liquid.
Pressure causes the chemical to vaporize.
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In a lab nestled between the jagged peaks of the Austrian Alps, rare earth metals vaporize and spew out of an oven at the speed of a fighter jet.
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Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The comet reached its perihelion on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET and was completely vaporized after passing within 1% of Earth’s distance from the sun, less than 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from the star, according to NASA.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
In 1952, the United States vaporized an entire island in the Pacific’s Enewetak Atoll with a hydrogen bomb.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
The rest was vaporized or otherwise destroyed by the blast.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The comet reached its perihelion on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET and was completely vaporized after passing within 1% of Earth’s distance from the sun, less than 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) away from the star, according to NASA.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
In 1952, the United States vaporized an entire island in the Pacific’s Enewetak Atoll with a hydrogen bomb.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
The rest was vaporized or otherwise destroyed by the blast.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Vaporize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaporize. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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vaporize
verb
va·por·ize
ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz
vaporized; vaporizing
: to turn from a liquid or solid into vapor
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