vaporized; vaporizing
Definition of vaporize
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
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The first known use of vaporize was in 1803
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