EVAPORATES Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

evaporates

verb

Definition of evaporates next

present tense third-person singular of evaporate

as in disappears

to cease to be visible by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated

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Recent Examples of evaporates In fact, boiling concentrates nitrates as water evaporates, making the problem worse rather than better. —

Ryan Brennan may 27, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026 In fact, boiling concentrates nitrates as water evaporates. —

Ryan Brennan may 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026 Boiling may actually increase nitrate concentration because water evaporates while the nitrate compounds remain behind. —

Ryan Brennan may 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026 Because alcohol evaporates quickly, the couch should be dry in no time. —

Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 May 2026 On television, the high-octane spectacle evaporates into something more akin to a slow-moving game of chess. —

Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Water also evaporates faster in warmer temperatures. —

David Boutt, The Conversation, 26 May 2026 Once the solvent evaporates, the proteins can be reused to produce fibers with properties similar to the original material. —

Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Since water evaporates at higher temperatures, fuel cells have struggled to operate at these temperatures, limiting their usage as well. —

Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026

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But institutional programming only runs as long as there’s a budget line for it, and when that line disappears so does the infrastructure that women were conditioned to rely on.

— Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
In some images — such as those captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope — the iconic horsehead-shape disappears entirely, transforming the familiar nebula into something alien, and new.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 May 2026