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vaporized

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verb

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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Recent Examples of vaporized
Adjective
The fiery atmospheric reentries of satellites would be a source of pollution, too, dumping significant amounts of vaporized metal and plastic into our planet’s fragile upper atmosphere. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026 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
Or this object, known by the prosaic designation C/2026 A1 (MAPS), could totally disintegrate, vaporized by the fierce heat of our star. Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026 Green fireballs like the one Jenkins saw are often due to the presence of magnesium, which emits a bright blue-green light when heated and vaporized in the Earth's atmosphere, the museum said. ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026 In the spring of 1942, the team began testing its smoke generator, trying to determine how many gallons of oil had to be vaporized to create a smoke screen wide enough and dense enough to block visibility across miles. Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026 Decades of military build-up have been vaporized in days. Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026 The technical heart of the dispute lies in Py-GC-MS, a process in which samples are vaporized to identify molecules by weight. Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
  • Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament in May 2024 and embarked on a regulatory overhaul and citizenship crackdown.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Ocean water contains dissolved salts, and when ice forms, most of these salts are pushed out of the crystal structure.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Pratt's home was destroyed in the Palisades Fire.
    Tom Wait, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The outlet said the strikes also destroyed homes and caused widespread damage.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Gilbert suggested that the allegations alone have ruined their lives.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Talley went long with an 8-iron into a back bunker on the 12th, the hole that ruined Jordan Spieth's chances of a repeat Masters victory in 2016.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sunday night, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson said recovery phase began with removing larger pieces of concrete that crews demolished from the once seven-story parking garage, which was being built for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia employees.
    Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That architecture of comparison has been demolished.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The project offers an insightful look at Odom, a gifted athlete and former star on the Los Angeles Lakers whose championship career was shattered by multiple personal demons and addiction.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The impact shattered the glass door instantly, sending debris flying and abruptly ending the standoff.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Bavishi suggested popping a can of coconut milk in the fridge, letting the cream solidify on top, and skimming that off to use as a low-moisture replacement for the evaporated coconut milk.
    Beth Kracklauer, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The vlogger Jordan Cheyenne, for one, wrecked her sharenting career by accidentally posting footage of herself coaching her son, who was distraught over the family’s sick puppy, to make a specific kind of sad face for YouTube.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Then, one day, a construction accident while at work wrecked his teeth again.
    Scott Pelley, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • After sweeping up broken glass, tiny, almost-invisible shards often remain behind.
    Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Like all black holes, primordial black holes have mass and thus interact with gravity and are effectively invisible due to the fact that they are bounded by a light-trapping surface called an event horizon.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026

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