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Vaporize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To convert or be converted into vapor.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Turn into vapour.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

verb-intransitive. To pass off in vapor.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To convert into vapor by the application of heat or by artificial means; cause to evaporate; sublimate.

To affect with the vapors; render splenetic or hypochondriacal.

To pass off in vapor: as, sulphur or mercury vaporizes under certain conditions.

Also spelled vaporise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. turn into gas

v. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

v. decrease rapidly and disappear

v. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

Word Usage

"Choose cats, and cheese in all its manifestations vanishes forever with only orange powdery smudges to mark its passing; choose cheese, and cats all over the word vaporize with an adorable, furry pop."

Verb Form

vaporized vaporizes vaporizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

diminish fall lessen decrease kill

Form

vaporized vaporizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

evaporate