vapourizes

Turns to mist

Vapourizes is the British spelling of vaporizes, meaning to convert or be converted into vapour—the gaseous state of a substance that is normally liquid or solid.

Water vapourizes when heated to boiling.

The term extends to rapid, complete destruction: The laser vapourizes the target instantly.

Figuratively, things that vanish suddenly or completely are said to vapourize: My savings vapourized after the market crash.

evaporation

steam

Heated water's gaseous form

  • mistFine airborne moisture
  • boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
  • moistureSmall amounts of liquid

humidity · dew · fog · condensation · droplets · transpiration · perspiration · sweat · dewpoint · evapotranspiration

Opposites
phase transition direction

vapourizescondenses

Reduces to essentials

liquefies · solidifies · freezes · materializes · precipitates

Family

vapourize, vapourized, vapourizing

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