vaporise

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Stock markets worldwide have seen big chunks of their capitalisations vaporise, as "financial crisis" becomes the most heated by-word worldwide.

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  1. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
  2. turn into gas
  3. change into a vapor
  4. cause to change into a vapor

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  • The bubbling reservoirs slowly vaporise and make ice grains —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • Stock markets worldwide have seen big chunks of their capitalisations vaporise, as "financial crisis" becomes the most heated by-word worldwide. —  My Sinchew -
  • The intense heat will vaporise the metal, generating a gas jet so powerful it will send a shock wave through the iron, compressing it to over a billion times atmospheric pressure. —  New Scientist - Space
  • The laser beam can be focused into a thin beam and used as a scalpel or defocused and used to vaporise tissue. —  Find Me A Cure
  • Halo will vaporise all sentient life, unless the Chief shuts it down. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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