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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting;
- Example: "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
[syn: zap, vaporize]

2. turn into gas;
- Example: "The substance gasified"
[syn: gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify]

3. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;
- Example: "evaporate milk"
[syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise]

4. decrease rapidly and disappear;
- Example: "the money vanished in las Vegas"
- Example: "all my stock assets have vaporized"
[syn: vanish, fly, vaporize]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\ (v[a^]p"[-o]*r[imac]z or
   v[=a]"p[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaporized
   (-r[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporizing
   (-r[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. vaporiser.]
   To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether
   naturally or artificially.
   [1913 Webster]

   Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See Evaporating
      surface, under Evaporate, v. t.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. i.
   To pass off in vapor.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vaporize
    v 1: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric
         current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space
         travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: zap,
         vaporize]
    2: turn into gas; "The substance gasified" [syn: gasify,
       vaporize, vaporise, aerify]
    3: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more
       concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate,
       vaporize, vaporise]
    4: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las
       Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish,
       fly, vaporize]