Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To convert or be converted into vapor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To convert into vapor by the application of heat or by artificial means; cause to evaporate; sublimate.
- To affect with the vapors; render splenetic or hypochondriacal.
- To pass off in vapor: as, sulphur or mercury vaporizes under certain conditions.
- Also spelled vaporise.
Wiktionary
- v. Turn into vapour.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
- v. To pass off in vapor.
WordNet 3.0
- v. turn into gas
- v. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
- v. decrease rapidly and disappear
- v. kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
Examples
“Choose cats, and cheese in all its manifestations vanishes forever with only orange powdery smudges to mark its passing; choose cheese, and cats all over the word vaporize with an adorable, furry pop.”
“As a practical matter, the church often skirts this "marriage is forever" tenet using the instrument of annulment -- sort of a way, doctrinally, to "vaporize" an inconvenient prior marriage.”
“So we've confirmed that "vaporize" was too strong a word?”
“Advisers have promised to "vaporize" Reid's eventual opponent.”
“Political scientists and partisan strategists said Reid, whose approval ratings hover in the 30s in part because of the state's record unemployment and foreclosure crisis, will make good on his promise to "vaporize" his opponent.”
“His advisers have pledged to "vaporize" whoever emerges from the primary.”
“However, the heating element is separate from the grill, so meat grease will still "vaporize" on the element which gives you a smoky taste to the meat, much like a gas or charcoal grill.”
“I had to chuckle when I read reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is preparing to run a decidedly negative campaign this year, with an unnamed adviser saying Reid would "vaporize" his opponent.”
“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is prepared to run a sharply negative campaign if that's what it takes to win reelection next year, with a top adviser predicting that the Nevada Democrat will "vaporize" his Republican challengers with attack ads.”
“In F.E.A.R., we had two types of gibs: limb severing and a full body "vaporize" effect.”
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ruzuzu "To affect with the vapors; render splenetic or hypochondriacal."
--Cent. Dict. Aug 1, 2012