as in to destroy
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
a lightning strike vaporized the tree
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Recent Examples of vaporize
The first zap flattens the drop into a disk; the second vaporizes it into a ball of hot, ultraviolet-emitting plasma.
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Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
In modern reality, most media are streamed, digitized, and easily vaporized; not so much owned as leased; pockmarked with ads and often tweaked (or falsified) via AI.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
Evidence of these impacts was found by the team in the form of tiny droplets of silica, created when the heat of an asteroid collision vaporizes rock.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
From navigating the maze of global regulations to avoiding reputation-crushing controversies that can vaporize millions in market value overnight, the stakes have never been higher.
—David Benigson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
In modern reality, most media are streamed, digitized, and easily vaporized; not so much owned as leased; pockmarked with ads and often tweaked (or falsified) via AI.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025
Evidence of these impacts was found by the team in the form of tiny droplets of silica, created when the heat of an asteroid collision vaporizes rock.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
From navigating the maze of global regulations to avoiding reputation-crushing controversies that can vaporize millions in market value overnight, the stakes have never been higher.
—David Benigson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporize
Verb
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To allow these courts to be destroyed to make pickleball courts is just wrong.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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How choice destroyed the milk industry But milk’s bursts in popularity have been conspicuously conditional, ebbing and flowing with the economy and government support.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
2 May 2025
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His effect on next-door Canada, however, has been to demolish America’s reputation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Pennsylvania home where Yankees great Reggie Jackson spent his childhood was demolished Monday.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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There is nothing that can ruin trying to sleep through a redeye like the sunrise hitting your face.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
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Public trust has been shattered, and a change was needed so the system can begin to rebuild.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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Tobias is shattered by the negative response, but Gabin’s aggression doesn’t do anything to pull Tobias together.—
Oliver Sava,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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Clyde has said that he’ll be devastated to leave his playoff booth duties behind, and local Knicks supporters who hang on his every word for six months each year are equally bummed at the prospect.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
2 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Prince Harry just lost his a legal appeal for his security detailing in the U.K. and the decision devastated him.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
2 May 2025
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The cops also seized his cellphone and tore apart his home of two years, wrecking his recording setup in the process.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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As many little heartbeats as possible, just running around, wrecking stuff in the house.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Red Sox first baseman smashed his second three-run homer in two nights in an 8-5 loss to the Seattle Mariners.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the past half decade, whole strata of this intricate New York support system have been smashed.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Vaporize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporize. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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