VAPORIZE

vanish, fly, vaporize

(verb) decrease rapidly and disappear; “the money vanished in las Vegas”; “all my stock assets have vaporized”

evaporate, vaporize, vaporise

(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; “evaporate milk”

gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify

(verb) turn into gas; “The substance gasified”

zap, vaporize

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

vaporize (third-person singular simple present vaporizes, present participle vaporizing, simple past and past participle vaporized)

(ambitransitive) To turn into vapor.

Source: Wiktionary


Vap"o*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. vaporiser.]

Definition: To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially. Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See Evaporating surface, under Evaporate, v. t.

Vap"o*rize, v. i.

Definition: To pass off in vapor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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