Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense vaporizes, present participle vaporizing, past tense, past participle vaporizedregional note: in BRIT, also use vaporise
verb
If a liquid or solid vaporizes or if you vaporize it, it changes into vapour or gas.
The benzene vaporized and formed a huge cloud of gas. [VERB]
The blast may have vaporised the meteorite. [VERB noun]
vaporize in British English
or vaporise (ˈveɪpəˌraɪz)
verb
1.
to change or cause to change into vapour or into the gaseous state
2.
to evaporate or disappear or cause to evaporate or disappear, esp suddenly
3.
to destroy or be destroyed by being turned into a gas as a result of extreme heat (for example, generated by a nuclear explosion)
Derived forms
vaporizable (ˈvaporˌizable) or vaporisable (ˈvaporˌisable)
adjective
vaporization (ˌvaporiˈzation) or vaporisation (ˌvaporiˈsation)
noun
vaporize in American English
(ˈveɪpəˌraɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈvaporˌized or ˈvaporˌizing
to change into vapor, as by heating or spraying
Derived forms
vaporization (ˌvaporiˈzation)
noun
Examples of 'vaporize' in a sentence
vaporize
Do I imagine that by making the sign of the cross I can vaporize her?
Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL (2001)
You'd be surprised at how many things just vaporize in a house fire, as if they was never there at all.