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vaporize

[vey-puh-rahyz] / ˈveɪ pəˌraɪz /
VERB
evaporate
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Too high, and the heat will vaporize the entire droplet.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Earlier researchers “didn’t think a lot about what happens to things that vaporize during reentry. Of course they can’t disappear. They’ve got to go somewhere,” Murphy says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 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

We should be thankful Vaughn didn’t vaporize into thin air, given the Bermuda Triangle eeriness of this dis-harmonic convergence.*

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 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




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