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vaporize

[vey-puh-rahyz] / ˈveɪ pəˌraɪz /
VERB
evaporate
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During a massive impact, temperatures soar, allowing potassium to vaporize and its isotopes to separate.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

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

As the kettle heats further, chemicals with higher boiling points vaporize and then are condensed and collected.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

The compressed air starts to glow, and when it reaches a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Celsius, the solid material in the meteoroid starts to vaporize.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

This shield was impenetrable and indestructible and could vaporize just about anything that touched it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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