Meaning

(intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial.
2. (transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
3. (transitive) To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).

Example Sentences

Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.

"So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."

Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.

Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book […]

Word Forms

• dematerializes
• dematerializing
• dematerialized
• dematerialise

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Use dematerialize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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