Synonyms of vaporize

vaporize

verb

ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz 

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

a lightning strike vaporized the tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• demolish
• ruin
• shatter
• devastate
• wreck
• smash
• overcome
• damage
• annihilate
• pulverize
• extinguish
• waste
• decimate
• erode
• kill
• raze
• ravage
• nuke
• pull down
• tear down
• cream
• desolate
• mar
• crush
• rub out
• remove
• cripple
• total
• dismantle
• defeat
• subdue
• disintegrate
• injure
• break
• dissolve
• blast
• wrack
• conquer
• do in
• impair
• spoil
• deteriorate
• best
• harm
• lick
• obliterate
• eradicate
• prevail (over)
• win (against)
• trim
• mutilate
• disfigure
• vitiate
• surmount
• assassinate
• exterminate
• triumph (over)
• whip
• scotch
• rout
• dynamite
• master
• blow up
• wear (away)
• beat
• liquidate
• expunge
• disassemble
• sweep (away)
• deface
• wash out
• trounce
• clobber
• wipe out
• thrash
• zap
• scour
• mangle
• sack
• undo
• slay
• extirpate
• slaughter
• overbear
• execute
• fell
• overmatch
• plunder
• take down
• unmake
• blot out
• loot
• cut down
• despoil
• efface
• stamp (out)
• pillage
• havoc
• drub
• wallop
• kill off
• snuff (out)
• trample
• murder
• mow (down)
• gut
• vandalize
• skunk
• take out
• dispatch
• massacre
• dilapidate
• unbuild
• trash
• root (out)
• butcher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• create
• raise
• set up
• erect
• produce
• repair
• put up
• fix
• make
• patch
• rear
• form
• invent
• assemble
• protect
• manufacture
• found
• establish
• constitute
• save
• mend
• shape
• fabricate
• organize
• forge
• preserve
• mold
• bring about
• conserve
• frame
• recondition
• revamp
• fashion
• restore
• institute
• rebuild
• doctor
• reconstruct
• father
• renovate
• remodel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vaporize

The readthrough is a bit less direct for gasoline used in cars, however, given that gasoline comes from the light distillate fraction, when crude is heated, vaporized and separated. — Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026

Perhaps most disturbingly, there’s a short sequence of a massive pink bunny vaporizing people with its laser eyes. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026

The new law also broadens the types of products dispensaries can sell, including gummies, edibles, and vaporized flower. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026

During its journey through the atmosphere over tens of miles, the asteroid collides with air molecules, and the incredible temperatures and pressure usually vaporize it. — Adam Lark, Scientific American, 28 June 2026