rematerialized

Reformed after vanishing

Rematerialized is the past tense of rematerialize—to take physical form again after having dissolved, vanished, or become immaterial.

The word appears most often in science fiction and fantasy, where characters or objects disappear and reappear: The ghost rematerialized in the hallway, She rematerialized on the transporter pad.

Outside genre fiction, it describes anything that returns after seeming to vanish: The funding rematerialized just before the deadline.

reappearance

reappeared

Became visible again

revealed · manifested · detected · rediscovered · reformed · reconstituted · restored · recovered · returned · regenerated

teleportation

beaming

Smiling very broadly

quantum · displacement · reassembled · digitized · transmitted · reconstituted · Star Trek · Scotty · holodeck · molecular

spiritual

resurrection

Revival from death

revival · renewal · apparition · specter · ghost · phantom · spirit · manifestation · visitation · séance

Opposites
physical manifestation

rematerializeddisappeared

Ceased to exist visibly

vanished · dematerialized · dissolved · faded · evaporated

process direction

rematerializeddematerialized

Ceased to exist physically

disintegrated · decomposed · scattered · fragmented

presence/existence

rematerializeddeparted

Having left

left · withdrew · absconded

Family

rematerialize, rematerializes

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G