vapev.
/veɪp/, U.S. /veɪp/ 1. transitive. Science Fiction. To vaporize by means of a weapon; to destroy completely, annihilate.
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1983 A. D. Foster Man who used Universe v. 65 You can't just send over a couple of bullywots to vape him.
1999 M. A. Stackpole I, Jedi 557 She'll vape the Venture, then vape us.
2004 C. Stross Iron Sunrise 72 We are all vulnerable, because whoever vaped New Moscow has gotten clean away with a monstrous crime.
2. transitive and intransitive. colloquial. To inhale and exhale the vapour of (a substance) using an electronic cigarette or similar device; to use (such a device) in this way. Cf. vaping n.
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1999 Vaporizers in alt.drugs.pot (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Apr. Vaporizers smell, but more of a popcornish piney type smell with maybe a hint of skunk (if you're smoking..or vaping the good stuff).
2009 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 6 Apr. I wanted to vape in her face and say, ‘What's it to you?’ Instead, I smiled and took my e-cig and pretended to put it out.
2012 Cumberland (Maryland) Times News 30 Jan. 1 (heading) Smokers find ‘vaping’ electronic cigarettes beats tobacco version.
2014 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 26 Sept. Disneyland..posted signs at their entrances telling guests who use e-cigarettes that they can vape only in designated smoking spots.
2014 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 5 Dec. aa2 No one claims that vaping nicotine is actually good for you, but many doctors say it is far less dangerous than smoking cigarettes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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