vaporize

verb

va·por·ize | \ ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz

vaporized; vaporizing

Definition of vaporize

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 sense 2

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Other Words from vaporize

vaporizable \ ˈvā-pə-ˌrī-zə-bəl

\ adjective

vaporization \ ˌvā-pər-ə-ˈzā-shən

\ noun

Examples of vaporize in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

One third of those cells were exposed to e-cigarette fluid, another third to vaporized liquid and the remaining third to nothing. — Fox News, "E-cigarette vapor tied to changes in lung cells," 15 Aug. 2018 Most essential oils get made with a process called steam distillation, essentially when steam is passed through raw plant material (like ginger or lavender), causing the aromatic compounds in the plants to then vaporize. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "How to Use Ginger Oil for Swelling and Inflammation, According to a Dermatologist," 15 Jan. 2019 When your engine is cold, the gasoline is less likely to evaporate and create the correct ratio of air and vaporized fuel for combustion. — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, "Warming Up Your Car in the Cold Just Harms the Engine," 28 Dec. 2018 Infinity War infamously ended with Thanos snapping his fingers and vaporizing half of the Earth’s population, including some of our favorite heroes, who are decimated into dust. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Ant-Man and the Wasp’s post-credits scenes, explained," 6 July 2018 Boyle says the meteors strike the earth’s atmosphere at around 134,000 miles per hour, causing long streaks that completely vaporize. — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, "Coming up! A good weekend for viewing Perseid meteor showers," 7 Aug. 2018 The sample is vaporized via heating, and bombarded with an electron beam to ionize the molecules. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Study brings us one step closer to solving 1994 thallium poisoning case," 25 Dec. 2018 At Washington State University, researchers placed pregnant rats in a small transparent chamber, and 60 times a day, for 2 minutes at a time, the moms-to-be got hit with a blast of vaporized cannabis extract. — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, "‘Something wasn’t clicking’: WSU study shows offspring of pregnant rats exposed to THC have impaired development," 20 Nov. 2018 There is carbon dioxide ice in the polar caps of Mars, and vaporizing these sources of CO2 could double the pressure of the Martian atmosphere. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Nobody Is Terraforming Mars Anytime Soon, NASA Says," 30 July 2018

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