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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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The routine that follows is often tedious, involving measurements of temperature, salinity, oxygen levels and total dissolved solids.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed more than 350 Ukrainian drones over territories both close to the border but also as further afield as Moscow, St Petersburg, and Novgorod in the country’s west, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Twelve people were killed, including two young boys, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a four-story apartment building was partially destroyed, local officials said.—
Valentyn Ogirenko,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Items that fall in the toilet are soggy, in need of sanitizing, and possibly ruined.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2026
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Our house, ruined by the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, was rebuilt from the foundation up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Verb
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But the building was demolished within a day of the fire, making certainty impossible.—
Max Kutner,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2026
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The set design is centered around the flooded, burned down, and demolished house that appears in the album visuals and is somehow still standing despite it all.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 June 2026
Verb
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The family members of South Florida Realtor Melanie Hyer and her two young daughters say they are shattered after the three were killed in their Doral home at the hands of the children’s father.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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The bullet penetrated his hip, thrust through his knee and shattered his femur.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 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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Carson wrecked damn near everyone yesterday, finished fifth, and was ELECTRIC from start to finish.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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And for the first time this season, the cars wrecked completely flat-out; with no long straights and plenty of braking zones, the cars were not energy-limited for once this season.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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This is where constellations like Leo, Virgo and Coma Berenices host dozens of faint galaxies — most invisible to the naked eye and small optical-only telescopes, even in excellent conditions.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
6 June 2026
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The injury — raw, oozing, angry — had turned our lives upside down, but it was rendered invisible in the institutional review.—
Nisha Narayanan,
STAT,
5 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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