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a lightning strike vaporized the tree
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Recent Examples of vaporized
Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
It is designed to test for vaporized tobacco, marijuana, nicotine products, and e-cigarette devices.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
These structures formed when high-speed impacts vaporized carbon from the solar wind and meteorites; as this gas cooled rapidly, local iron particles acted as catalysts, knitting the atoms into tubes rather than forming ordinary soot.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
So, will the soon-to-be received fresh bundles of cash be vaporized by inflation?
—Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Early images had revealed the comet’s bluish-green coma, created as the sun's heat vaporized the comet's ices in a process called sublimation.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
This shock vaporized chunks of the industrial bases of nations around the world, including the United States.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
The first Starship launch vaporized part of the launch site and threw debris as far as 6 miles.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
This vaporized the harmful metals in the red mud, and left behind a purified compound rich in aluminum.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
The idea being that when an atomic bomb lands in your city, you are vaporized instantly.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The hundreds of rats and mice were sick and had to be treated twice a day with vaporized medicine.
—Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
It is designed to test for vaporized tobacco, marijuana, nicotine products, and e-cigarette devices.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
But in 2019, a fire tore through the sisters’ homes and vaporized all of Liway’s cash.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
These structures formed when high-speed impacts vaporized carbon from the solar wind and meteorites; as this gas cooled rapidly, local iron particles acted as catalysts, knitting the atoms into tubes rather than forming ordinary soot.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
So, will the soon-to-be received fresh bundles of cash be vaporized by inflation?
—Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Early images had revealed the comet’s bluish-green coma, created as the sun's heat vaporized the comet's ices in a process called sublimation.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
This shock vaporized chunks of the industrial bases of nations around the world, including the United States.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
The first Starship launch vaporized part of the launch site and threw debris as far as 6 miles.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
This vaporized the harmful metals in the red mud, and left behind a purified compound rich in aluminum.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
The idea being that when an atomic bomb lands in your city, you are vaporized instantly.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
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Heat decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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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
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Hefner said the photos should be destroyed.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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And in the late 1980s, after Little Saigon found official recognition, freeway and street signs directing people to the community were frequently defaced and destroyed in disapproval, Hua said.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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These liberals have ruined this state.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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Simple fasting from food can be ruined — rendered not pleasing to Allah — if spoiled by telling lies, slander, denouncing someone behind his back, swearing a false oath, greed or covetousness.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Even if there were sites that did not get preserved, or were demolished, there were debates over whether that should happen.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Willowcreek Middle School will remain until its replacement is ready for use, then demolished to make way for the rest of the project.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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British filmmaker Grant Gee took best director honors for Everyone Digs Bill Evans, a fragmented bio-drama on the influential jazz pianist who was shattered by the tragic loss of his bassist in a car accident.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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Klaebo’s victory in the 50-kilometer mass start race shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But in one election, our state can be upended by the failed socialist policies that have wrecked other states.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ingvartsen, 30, has worked back from injuries that wrecked his 2025 season.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Over time, these invisible strikes can corrupt data, damage components, and shorten a spacecraft’s life.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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If the clasp was soldered or welded to the heavy silver body, contamination from the air could have introduced invisible weaknesses.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Edison’s aging transmission lines probably sparked the January 2025 fire that devastated west Altadena, a historically Black community of 1960s middle-class homebuyers.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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This practice has contaminated farms, wells and food supplies in states across the country, often leaving farmers financially devastated and communities scrambling for clean drinking water.—
Peter Blair,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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