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

To retire them, the company plans to move many of them into a graveyard orbit, while others will be vaporized by burning up in Earth’s atmosphere during re-entry. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

When a large body hits, some of the impact energy goes into vaporizing or melting rock right at the impact site. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

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