dematerialized

verb

past tense of dematerialize
as in disappeared
to cease to be visible the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen

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  1. disappeared
  2. vanished
  3. faded
Verb
  • Earhart and flight engineer Fred Noonan disappeared 89 years ago during an attempt to fly across the world.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Ask which mechanisms are still running, which were improved, which disappeared and why.
    — Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappeared
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  • Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished 22,000 miles into their expedition.
    — Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • There, researchers have just announced that AI may help hasten the return of the extinct dodo, with the flightless bird, which vanished from the world more than 350 years ago, likely walking among us again sometime in the early 2030s.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanished
Verb
  • Memories may have faded, or digital evidence could have been lost or deleted.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The Chicago White Sox faded from the postseason with hardly any offense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of faded
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“Dematerialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialized. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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