dematerializes

verb

present tense third-person singular of dematerialize
as in disappears
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 dematerializes
  1. disappears
  2. vanishes
  3. fades
Verb
  • Melanie, all tattooed and idiosyncratically homely with her uncorrected teeth and auteur air, disappears.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026
  • Your hyperactive dog catches the scent of a deer and, powered by his hunter's instinct, disappears in the forest.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of disappears
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  • Perhaps that last claim feels overblown, but movies indisputably falsify reality, presenting a world that seems hypervivid for a few hours but vanishes when the lights come up.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • The two fight, and Enola's mother, Eudoria comes to the rescue and saves her before Moriarty vanishes.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of vanishes
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  • Without someone to introduce the work, answer questions, or model what a career in the field looks like, the specialty fades into the background.
    — Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 2026
  • Their heads are orange, stark against the dark blue hue of their torso, which fades to white, then orange and finally black down the length of their tails.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Definition of fades
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“Dematerializes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerializes. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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