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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
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 In the spring of 1942, the team began testing its smoke generator, trying to determine how many gallons of oil had to be vaporized to create a smoke screen wide enough and dense enough to block visibility across miles. Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 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 But in 2019, a fire tore through the sisters’ homes and vaporized all of Liway’s cash. Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 These structures formed when high-speed impacts vaporized carbon from the solar wind and meteorites; as this gas cooled rapidly, local iron particles acted as catalysts, knitting the atoms into tubes rather than forming ordinary soot. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026 So, will the soon-to-be received fresh bundles of cash be vaporized by inflation? Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026 Early images had revealed the comet’s bluish-green coma, created as the sun's heat vaporized the comet's ices in a process called sublimation. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
  • Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament in May 2024 and embarked on a regulatory overhaul and citizenship crackdown.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Ocean water contains dissolved salts, and when ice forms, most of these salts are pushed out of the crystal structure.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • First Baptist Dallas will break ground on its new sanctuary on Sunday, June 7, after a massive fire destroyed the church's 134-year-old sanctuary in the summer of 2024, the church announced on Sunday.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The diplomat also said that the IDF’s targeting of bridges along Lebanon’s Litani River has destroyed vital infrastructure connecting the south to the rest of the country.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The three runners whose chances of victory were ruined — Jess McClain, Emma Grace Hurley and Ednah Kurgat — are now invited to compete at the 2026 World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen in September.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That passive-aggressive email ruined your mood, but the feedback about your project was pretty accurate.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • It was demolished to make way for a 7,000 square-foot gallery that opened in April 2022 at MCASD.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The building appears to have been demolished with twisted metal, bricks and other debris littering the site.
    Moriah Thomas, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Front Range shattered it by 22,913 patrons.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The next day, an explosion shattered the glass-and-marble lobby of the Bank of America building in New York.
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • The explosion wrecked the cruisers and blew out the windows of nearby buildings.
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Roads were closed, and ballfields were wrecked because of the rain.
    Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That leaves thousands of families connected by an invisible thread of loss, uncertainty and unresolved grief.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Finding an invisible engine The mystery traces back to observations made by NASA’s Cassini in 2004, which suggested Saturn’s rotation rate was changing over time.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026

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