vaporize

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verb va·por·ize \ ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz \

Definition of vaporize

vaporized; vaporizing

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

1 :to become vaporized

2 :vapor 2

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vaporizable

play \ˈvā-pə-ˌrī-zə-bəl\ adjective

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vaporization

play \ˌvā-pər-ə-ˈzā-shən\ noun

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Examples of vaporize in a Sentence

Heat is used to vaporize the liquid.
Pressure causes the chemical to vaporize.

Recent Examples of vaporize from the Web

Though the middle class was doing well at the time, the 1950s film The Desk Set reflected popular fears of how computerization would vaporize formerly secure, well-paying office jobs.

— milton ezrati, National Review, "Globalization Can Be Good for American Workers," 7 Aug. 2017
Material The most prized donabe are made with coarse clay filled with tiny fossils that vaporize in the kiln, creating little holes that are key to heat retention.

— amiel stanek, Bon Appetit, "The Cooking Pot You'll Never Want to Put in a Drawer," 2 Aug. 2017
The state will license up to 60 dispensaries statewide -- more than the initial 40 proposed -- to sell marijuana products and plant material for vaporizing.

— jackie borchardt, cleveland.com, "Rules set for Ohio's tightly regulated medical marijuana program," 31 July 2017
A study Ars reported on last year showed an unexpected health effect unique to vaporizing.

— david kravets, Ars Technica, "You still cannot vape on US inbound, outbound flights," 22 July 2017
Japan Tobacco started selling Ploom Tech, a pen-like device that works by vaporizing liquid that passes through tobacco capsules, last year in a test market as well.

— lisa du, Bloomberg.com, "Fight for New Cigarette Substitute Heats Up Japan: QuickTake Q&A," 25 June 2017
Encarnacion vaporized a 3-1 slider from Tillman for his 17th homer overall and seventh this month.

— paul hoynes, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Indians fall to Baltimore Orioles, 6-5, despite Edwin Encarnacion's monster homer," 20 June 2017
The Socialist Party that held power in the last legislature and its allies were all but vaporized — their 314 seats likely reduced, according to pollsters’ projections, to as few as 20 seats, and possibly no more than 30, in the new assembly.

— john leicester, The Denver Post, "Emmanuel Macron’s takeover of French politics is all but complete," 11 June 2017
Impacts between two planet-sized bodies are colossal, vaporizing several percent of the impact bodies and melting most of the rest.

— simon lock, Scientific American Blog Network, "A New Theory of How the Moon Formed," 9 June 2017

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