Vaporize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Vaporize is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To turn into vapor.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To turn into vapor.
Example Sentences
PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target.
Word Forms
- vaporizes
- vaporizing
- vaporized
- vaporise
- vapourize
Synonyms for vaporize
Depending on context, synonyms include evaporate, gasify, aerify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include evaporate, aerify, gasify, spray, vaporise, vaporate.
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