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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 thruster fed and vaporized zinc reliably during the firing, according to Muon. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026 For the past year, markets have vaporized roughly $2 trillion in software value by asking the wrong question about AI. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian and Stephen Henriques, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 Fortunes are being minted and vaporized with equal speed right before our very eyes. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
  • Tap water can contain dissolved minerals and treatment additives, such as fluoride and chlorine, that some plants are sensitive to.
    Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The standard explanation for why rain causes corrosion is that water carries dissolved salts and acids to a surface, constant drumming of raindrops abrades whatever protective coating is on it, and oxygen does the rest.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Forces also destroyed a third vessel, the M/T Kylo near the Gulf of Oman.
    Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And, as Europe has felt more threatened by Russian incursions, a week ago NATO fighter jets destroyed a drone near Romania’s natural gas projects in the Black Sea.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Bacalao with melted leeks comes from the Spanish side of Lane’s brain, finished with a South American seaweed salt for umami and grip.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • However, with that beauty comes the need to clean these tiles properly so that the finish isn’t be ruined.
    Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The fight between a small Georgia community and tech giant Meta has escalated this week after four families filed a lawsuit against the company alleging a central Georgia data center project has contaminated their water and ruined their home values.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • And then there’s sea salt, made from evaporated seawater and has trace amounts of minerals.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Six cans of evaporated milk were rusted enough to draw Stop Sales.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Some of his pieces on display include 1977 portrait shots of smiling residents in Aliso Village, a large public housing project in the Boyle Heights that was demolished in 1999 because of gang violence and decaying conditions.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Sacks have historically demolished their offense along with Burrow’s long-term health.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The cost of our avoidance of clozapine is invisible but enormous, measured in people who stay sick, and in lives that end early, for want of a drug already sitting on the shelf.
    Nitin Gogtay, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026
  • From the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, without a doubt, one of the most important aspects in their invisible architecture was the stress test.
    Matthew Peters, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The wide receiver shattered multiple Hurricanes records last season and is already one of the faces of college football.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The bullet went through the front glass door and shattered it, according to court records.
    David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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