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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerialized
  1. disappeared
  2. vanished
  3. faded
Verb
  • Giveaway jerseys disappeared in 30 minutes on Valkyries Day at a San Francisco Giants game.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The pair disappeared from view and reemerged after several seconds as the wave receded.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of disappeared
Verb
  • Hardy recalled seeing Dale painting a rusty fertilizer tank in that barn in the days after Dee vanished.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In New York City, as many as 13,500 housing units vanished into the short-term rental void, driving up rents for actual residents by hundreds of dollars a year.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of vanished
Verb
  • As daylight faded, visitors explored inside the grand hall and wandered the gardens before the night ended with hot air balloon rides and fireworks over the property.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The reliever the Phillies saw in his first full season as a rookie has faded into a less-reliable version.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of faded
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“Dematerialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialized. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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