VAPORIZE


Meaning of VAPORIZE in English

v.

Pronunciation: ' v ā -p ə - ˌ r ī z

Function: verb

Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz · ing

Date: 1803

transitive verb

1 : to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor

2 : to cause to become dissipated

3 : to destroy by or as if by converting into vapor <a tank vaporized by a shell>

intransitive verb

1 : to become vaporized

2 : VAPOR 2

– va · por · iz · able \ - ˌ r ī -z ə -b ə l \ adjective

– va · por · i · za · tion \ ˌ v ā -p ə r- ə - ' z ā -sh ə n \ noun

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