VAPORIZE


Meaning of VAPORIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz ]

verb

( -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 -ˌrī-zə-bəl adjective

• va·por·i·za·tion ˌvā-pər-ə-ˈzā-shən noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.