Meaning | Turn into gas. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | vaporize, vaporise, aerify |
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Narrower | sublime, sublimate | change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting |
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Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
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Spanish | evaporar, gasificar, vaporizar |
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Catalan | evaporar, gasificar, vaporitzar-se |
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Nouns | gas | the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by |
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gas | a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely |
gas | a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum |
gas | a fossil fuel in the gaseous state |
gasification | the process of changing into gas |