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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
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
Shawn Laatsch, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
Four good friends and fellow volunteers vaporized in a fireball, their debris raining down to the sea, their bodies never seen again.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
There is perhaps no other city on earth that has been vaporized, invaded, flattened, overrun (by criminals, aliens, drugs, frogs, chemicals) more on film than Los Angeles.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Matter vaporized, mixed and cooled extremely quickly, rearranging into new forms.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 all watch Kenobi get vaporized and no one seems surprised.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
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
Decades of military build-up have been vaporized in days.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
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
While the majority of the rock vaporized, the remaining fragments rained down harmlessly into the waters of Cape Cod Bay.
—Shawn Laatsch, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
Four good friends and fellow volunteers vaporized in a fireball, their debris raining down to the sea, their bodies never seen again.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
There is perhaps no other city on earth that has been vaporized, invaded, flattened, overrun (by criminals, aliens, drugs, frogs, chemicals) more on film than Los Angeles.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Matter vaporized, mixed and cooled extremely quickly, rearranging into new forms.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 all watch Kenobi get vaporized and no one seems surprised.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
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
Decades of military build-up have been vaporized in days.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
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Abandoned coal mines and slag piles – mountains of waste left over from steel, mining and coal operations – continue to contribute dissolved materials to southwestern Pennsylvania waters.—
Daniel Bain,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
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By six days post-excision, the tissues saw a significant spike in the absorption of dissolved amino acids.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The crash sparked a fire that destroyed the aircraft, which was operating as a skydiving flight, according to the NTSB.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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The fire burned more than 60 acres and destroyed several structures, including homes, according to CBS Los Angeles.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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Six cans of evaporated milk were rusted enough to draw Stop Sales.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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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
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Showing up to shoot in person would only have ruined the city with its realness.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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Pete Crow-Armstrong put his name in the Chicago Cubs' record book next to Hall of Fame slugger Hack Wilson — and then nearly ruined the celebration at Wrigley Field.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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And public health is so invisible.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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There, on May 29, Sojourner Truth delivered a legendary speech that called on attendees to reject the racial and gender biases used to limit her place in society and to defy a status quo that devalued her as a Black woman and treated her as invisible and expendable.—
Jocelyn Frye,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Verb
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When the new plant opens, Fiveash will eventually be decommissioned and demolished, but not right away.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
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The existing residence was demolished, though plans to build a new house never moved forward.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
Verb
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In March, prolonged high temperatures shattered dozens of records in Southern California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Williams arrived to find the business' windows shattered, after the roof of nearby restaurant Jay's Backyard BBQ collapsed in the blaze.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Just across the Mississippi River in Avondale, Louisiana, a tornado wrecked four homes, Jefferson Parish spokeswoman Rachel Strassel said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Jane Ragsdale’s best friend Christine Chenoweth, a pastoral counselor and former Presbyterian minister, says the South Fork of the Guadalupe is now lousy and wrecked and haunted.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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