vaporized 1 of 2

past tense of vaporize
as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a lightning strike vaporized the tree

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vaporized

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adjective

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Recent Examples of vaporized
Adjective
The idea being that when an atomic bomb lands in your city, you are vaporized instantly. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 Tens of thousands were instantly vaporized or killed in the immediate blast wave, with tens of thousands more dying of radiation sickness over the ensuing weeks and months. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025 Buildings were knocked flat or seemingly vaporized. Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025 Here, people must have been instantly vaporized all the way down to their bones. Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025 The hydrogen flow keeps vaporized tin from mucking up the system’s optics. IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Verb
  • Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hadid was commissioned to design it for a fire brigade on the Vitra Campus after a major 1981 fire destroyed most of the complex, which originally consisted of factory buildings but is now a collection of contemporary design and architecture showrooms.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When faced with Cherry going berserk, what can Laura do but visit Cherry’s mother and learn that Cherry nearly killed her dad and ruined an ex-boyfriend’s wedding by filling his cake with raw pig parts?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Our family has been ruined by Denise's lies of promising to end a year-long affair.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hours later, after another warning was posted on X by the Israeli military, a multi-story building in Gaza City was struck but not demolished.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In a shocking and dominant performance, Lesnar completely demolished Cena, delivering 16 German suplexes in a one-sided beatdown to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the aftermath, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko recorded a video message from the building’s shattered upper floors.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Photos of the aftermath showed the front windshield on the roof of the bus shattered and nearly flattened.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, even after the lighthouse started operating, ships still wrecked nearby, including the Los Angeles in 1894 and the Majestic in 1909.
    A.K. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Kitchens were wrecked, and diners were an endangered species.
    Beth D'Addono, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Tracy Dorland said she was devastated and angry about the shooting.
    Katie Langford, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • June’s death in May 2003 left the music legend devastated.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Although this is a common diagnosis, its symptoms can be invisible and interfere with everyday activities like dining out and shopping.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And in sport, where the thinnest of margins always matter, recognizing the invisible might be one of your most visible acts of leadership.
    Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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