dematerialise

Fade from existence

Dematerialise means to lose physical form or vanish from sight.

In science fiction, characters dematerialise when teleporting or fading into another dimension.

The word also describes making something less physical: The company dematerialised its records by converting paper files to digital.

In finance, to dematerialise securities is to convert them from paper certificates to electronic entries.

British spelling of dematerialize.

vanish

evanesce

Disappear by degrees

evaporate · dissolve · wane · recede · sublimate · vaporize · ethereal · intangible · invisible · ephemeral

digital

digitize

Convert to electronic format

render · holographic · avatar · cyberspace · metaverse · blockchain · NFT · cryptocurrency · paperless · cloud

teleportation

teleport

Instant point-to-point travel

quantum · wormhole · phase · displacement · transmission · flicker · blink · rematerialise · energize · hologram

magic

spell

Arrange letters correctly

prestidigitation · vanishing · apparition · séance · ectoplasm · phantasm · specter · wraith · poltergeist · manifestation

physical

disintegrate

Break into fragments

  • decomposeBreak into simpler parts
  • decayGradual organic breakdown
  • erodeDiminish through persistent friction

corrode · crumble · degrade · entropy · dissolution · atomic · molecular · particle · scatter · disperse

Opposites
physical existence

dematerialisematerialise

Become real or visible

materialize · appear · manifest · solidify · come into being

solidity/tangibility

dematerialisesolidify

Make or become hard

coalesce · congeal · crystallize · condense · harden

Family

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Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G