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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
Edibles, gummies, and vaporized flower will now be legal to sell under the new potency level. Irene Wright, USA Today, 15 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
  • Its water sample tested for dissolved solids, oil and grease, chlorides, sulfates, temperature and oxygen — all of which were within the bounds of Tesla’s permit.
    Arcelia Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament in May 2024 and embarked on a regulatory overhaul and citizenship crackdown.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • It was moved a day later to a naval base on the mainland for inspection and the explosives were later destroyed, according to Greece’s public broadcaster, ERT.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • The surge triggered severe erosion, damaged the powerhouse and nearby switchyards, washed debris into the North Yuba River and destroyed portions of Lake Francis Road.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • On Friday, a pitchers’ duel was ruined by a circus act of an inning, and the Cardinals beat the Padres 6-0.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • And then to add insult to that heaping helping of figurative injury, the nachos took some collateral damage and were effectively ruined.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • This caused immediate backlash, particularly as the East Wing was recently demolished during ongoing renovation work.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 May 2026
  • There, on the Hudson River waterfront, David Wojnarowicz wrote poems and painted murals alongside Luis Frangella and Mike Bidlo, while Peter Hujar and Dirk Rowntree photographed scenes of impromptu happenings and performances, before the site was demolished in 1984.
    Natalia Torija, Curbed, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Set to shoot in Canada in 2027, the film stars Lutz as Genie, a professional runner whose life is shattered by an unwanted pregnancy and later transformed by a catastrophic accident that leaves her without both legs.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • In the Tri-Valley League, junior midfielder Greg Walsh shattered a school record with eight goals, as Westwood cruised to an 15-6 win over Norwood.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 15 May 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
  • Tel should have been Tottenham’s hero but a bizarre decision in the second half wrecked their chances of winning at home for the first time since December.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Bubba, by the way, was actually wrecked later in the race by John Hunter Nemechek.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • Lou’s unit is sent to a rooftop to start shooting at an invisible enemy; the Khachaturian cars hear the gunfire and don’t know what to do.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • Experts have described the phenomenon as an invisible crisis with long-term humanitarian consequences — there are few official figures on the number of displaced people, who have almost no resources to turn to once violence forces them to leave.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026

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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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