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Recent Examples of vaporize Or would automation and artificial intelligence end up vaporizing those jobs as well? Christian Paz, Vox, 14 Apr. 2025 Noctua has advanced the technology to the point of settling on a specific chemical liquid with a low-enough boiling point to vaporize and circulate under typical CPU cooler temperatures. John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025 The plant closures tore up communities, vaporizing what had been stable union jobs. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025 And any illusion of stability in the garage has been vaporized by legal fumes. Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for vaporize
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Verb
  • In September 2024, the same month as the pager attack and assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Israel launched the most extensive campaign of airstrikes in the air force’s history hitherto, destroying much of Hezbollah’s strategic surface-to-surface missile stockpiles.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • As rumors swirl and her life collapses, Eva faces a choice: protect herself or expose Amir’s secret and risk destroying him.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 June 2025
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  • Hegseth touted Caine's explanation as proof the bombs fully demolished Fordow.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • The more than 115-year-old Advocate Trinity building on the Southeast Side of Chicago, on 93rd Street, will continue to serve patients until the new hospital is ready, at which point it will be demolished.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
  • And just like that, Donald Trump ruined something else.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
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  • In the meantime, Aimee Gutierrez, Saint’s owner, and her family have been shattered by the loss and the deaths of the other dogs.
    Sean Emery, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • These moves have shattered walls that have long kept data within the agencies that collect it.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 25 June 2025
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  • People were aware of the risk of fires following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and a 1923 magnitude 8 earthquake and firestorm that devastated Tokyo and Yokohama, causing an astonishing 142,800 deaths, according to the USGS.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • He’s been through adversity and grown stronger James’ drive to give back began during his freshman year at Tulane, when Hurricane Ida devastated New Orleans.
    Shane Connuck June 26, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
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  • The facility had been subject to sabotage and subterfuge by Israel for many years even before these attacks–including a computer virus that wrecked the centrifuges over a decade ago.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 26 June 2025
  • All three spent Wednesday warning that Mamdani would wreck New York.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The other oar was smashed off, and the raft was littered up with leaves and branches and dirt.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • Odie's menu includes smash burgers and signature drinks inspired by band members.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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“Vaporize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporize. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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