volatilize
Turn to vapor
Volatilize means to cause a substance to evaporate or convert into vapor, or to become vapor: Heat volatilizes the alcohol, leaving the flavor behind.
The term appears mainly in scientific and technical contexts—chemistry, cooking, industrial processes.
Figuratively, something that volatilizes disappears or dissipates rapidly: His confidence volatilized under cross-examination.
Convert to gas
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- boilHeat to bubbling point
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
gasify · aerosolize · atomize · nebulize · distill · vapor · mist · fog
Purification via vaporization
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- pyrolysisHeat-driven molecular breakdown
- thermolysisDecomposition by heat
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
ionization · dissociation · gasification · combustion · oxidation · hydrolysis · catalysis · exothermic
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
fading · transitory · impermanent · momentary · passing · short-lived · unstable · mercurial
Distillation apparatus
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
nigredo · albedo · vitriol · transmutation · spirit · essence · tincture · calcination
vaporize
Convert to gas
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- boilHeat to bubbling point
steam · gasify · aerosolize · atomize · nebulize · distill · vapor · mist · fog · humidity
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- pyrolysisHeat-driven molecular breakdown
- thermolysisDecomposition by heat
decomposition · ionization · dissociation · gasification · combustion · oxidation · hydrolysis · catalysis · exothermic · endothermic
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
dissipating · fading · transitory · impermanent · momentary · passing · short-lived · unstable · mercurial · elusive
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Distillation apparatus
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
hermeticism · nigredo · albedo · vitriol · transmutation · spirit · essence · tincture · calcination · fermentation
- market volatilityRapid price fluctuation severity
- emotional volatilityRapid, unpredictable feeling changes
- price volatilityRate of cost fluctuation
volatility, volatilization, volatilized, volatilities, volatilizes