vaporize

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Hot showers or baths can vaporize those chemicals too, and if there’s bacteria in the water, it could splash in your eyes, nose or mouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

The solvent might vaporize and clog the emitter, so engineers typically design emitters to limit evaporation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

This robotic mission is designed to search for volatiles, which are molecules that easily vaporize, like water and carbon dioxide, at lunar temperatures.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023

When the x-rays hit and vaporize a diamond capsule, the material blasts outward and—thanks to Isaac Newton’s dictum that every action has an equal and opposite reaction—drives the fuel toward the capsule’s center.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 1, 2023

Riding full gallop on a beast that could vaporize at any moment made her a bit nervous.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan