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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
The bright light attracts massive swarms of flying insects, chased by birds, which unwittingly get instantly vaporized mid-air by the invisible, high-temperature beams. Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 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 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 The new law also broadens the types of products dispensaries can sell, including gummies, edibles, and vaporized flower. Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
  • Filters that remove lead, dissolved solids, microplastics and other harmful contaminants.
    Joe Holberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • If the water measures below 250 milligrams of ‘total dissolved solids’ per liter, that’s the green light.
    Simon Heptinstall, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Most of the hospitals are taken over by gangs or have been destroyed, and … the economy’s not good.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Two grandparents and their 3-year-old grandson were killed after multiple Russian drones destroyed their home in the Brovary district of Kyiv region, northeast of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Saturday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Six cans of evaporated milk were rusted enough to draw Stop Sales.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • 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
  • Atlassian is up over 30% this morning after the collaboration software maker, thought to be ruined by AI, reported a great quarter.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • With baseball ruined, the Dodgers will look to avoid their second consecutive series loss via the sweep on Wednesday, sending superstar starter Eric Lauer to the mound against Shota Imanaga.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Top down, paddle shifters playing tunes with the twin-turbo V-8, laser-precise steering channeling the car through turn after turn as if guided by invisible rails.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, the Reply All option makes your reply visible by distributing it to the visible, not invisible, recipient list.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Lower Emery Barn — It was built 1915-1916 and demolished in August 2025.
    Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The motel closed in the early 1990s, and much of the property was demolished after developers purchased the site in 2000.
    Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • More than 180 bullets pierced, cracked or shattered windows in six buildings on campus.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The group shattered windows, stole or attempted to steal cash, register drawers and safes.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Resilience wrecked, but Blue Ghost aced its touchdown, becoming the first private spacecraft to do so.
    Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • This group of men did stuff that hurt others to often terrible degrees but also wrecked themselves and their careers.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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