vaporize

Verb
US[vey-per-ahyz]/ˈveɪpɚˌaɪz/3 syllables
Synonyms: zapgasifyvaporiseaerifyevaporatevanishfly

Open English WordNet

Verb (4)vaporized, vaporizing

  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”Synonyms: zapMore general kill
  2. turn into gas“The substance gasified”Synonyms: gasifyvaporiseaerifyMore general change integrityMore specific sublime, sublimate
  3. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue“evaporate milk”Synonyms: evaporatevaporiseMore general change integrityMore specific transpire
  4. decrease rapidly and disappear“the money vanished in las Vegas”“all my stock assets have vaporized”Synonyms: vanishflyMore general decrease, diminishSimilar fly, fell

Related words zapper noun, gasification noun, natural gas noun, gasoline noun, gas noun, vapor noun, vaporisation noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Vap′o·rize (văp′ō-rīz or vā′pẽr-īz), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Vaporized (-rīzd); present participle & verbal noun Vaporizing (-rī′zĭng).]

Origin: Cf. F. vaporiser.

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

Vaporizing surface. Steam Boilers See Evaporating surface, under Evaporate, transitive verb

Vap′o·rize intransitive verb

To pass off in vapor.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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