| VERB | contact | vaporize, zap | kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting |
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| change | vaporize, gasify, vaporise, aerify | turn into gas | |
| change | vaporize, evaporate, vaporise | lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | |
| change | vaporize, vanish, fly | decrease rapidly and disappear |
| Sounds | vey'peray.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" | |
| Synonym | zap | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Meaning | Turn into gas. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | gasify, vaporise, aerify | |
| Narrower | sublime, sublimate | change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Spanish | evaporar, gasificar, vaporizar | |
| Catalan | evaporar, gasificar, vaporitzar-se | |
| Adjectives | vaporizable | (used of substances) capable of being volatilized |
| Nouns | vapor | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
| vaporization, vapor | the process of becoming a vapor | |
| Meaning | Lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The water vaporizes; They vaporize the water | |
| Synonyms | evaporate, vaporise | |
| Entailed by | sublime, sublimate | vaporize and then condense right back again |
| Narrower | transpire | exude water vapor |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Spanish | evaporarse, evaporar, vaporizar | |
| Catalan | evaporar-se, evaporar, vaporitzar | |
| Adjectives | vaporizable | (used of substances) capable of being volatilized |
| Nouns | vapor | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
| vaporization, vapor | the process of becoming a vapor | |
| Meaning | decrease rapidly and disappear. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "all my stock assets have vaporized" | |
| Synonyms | vanish, fly | |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Similar to | fly, fell, vanish | pass away rapidly |
| Spanish | desaparecer, desvanecerse, evaporarse, volar | |
| Catalan | desaparèixer, volar | |
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