vaporize
Turn to gas
Vaporize means to convert into vapor—a gas or mist.
Water vaporizes when heated to boiling.
The word often implies sudden, complete destruction: The explosion vaporized the building.
In science fiction, ray guns vaporize targets instantly.
Figuratively, something that vaporizes disappears entirely: My savings vaporized in the stock crash.
Heat to bubbling point
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- condenseMake more compact
- distillPurify through vaporization
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
volatilize · atomize · mist · nebulize · aerosolize · dissipate · diffuse · humidity
Heat to bubbling point
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- combustCatch fire suddenly
- incinerateBurn to nothing
- scorchBurn superficially
burn · char · sear · superheat · thermal · pyrolysis · flash · ignite
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- atomizeConvert to fine particles
- pulverizeCrush to powder
demolish · eradicate · eliminate · decimate · exterminate · incinerate · destroy · devastate
boil
Heat to bubbling point
sublimate · volatilize · atomize · mist · nebulize · aerosolize · dissipate · diffuse · humidity · dewpoint
boil
Heat to bubbling point
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- combustCatch fire suddenly
- incinerateBurn to nothing
scorch · burn · char · sear · superheat · thermal · pyrolysis · flash · ignite · carbonize
annihilate
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- atomizeConvert to fine particles
pulverize · demolish · eradicate · eliminate · decimate · exterminate · incinerate · destroy · devastate · liquidate
vanish
Cease to be visible
dematerialize · evanesce · dissipate · disperse · melt away · thin air · poof · gone · invisible · phantom
disintegrate
Break into fragments
death ray · plasma · beam · zap · sci-fi · weapon · blaster · photon · energy weapon · dematerialize
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- emitemit, emanate, radiate, exude, give off
- vanishingdisappearance, vanish, vanishing, disappear, fading
- lab verbsanalyze, boil, calibrate, centrifuge, condense
- science verbsabsorb, accelerate, attract, bounce, collide
- deterioratedecay, rot, deteriorate, decompose, corrode
vaporizecondense
Make more compact
liquefy · solidify · freeze · crystallize · precipitate
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