kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
vaporize
How to use vaporize in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for vaporize.
Editorial note
Then they condense the motive fluid back to a liquid so they can vaporize it again.
Quick take
kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of vaporize gathered in one view.
turn into gas; "The substance gasified"
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for vaporize.
verb
kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
See also: zap
verb
turn into gas; "The substance gasified"
verb
lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
verb
decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
Example sentences
Then they condense the motive fluid back to a liquid so they can vaporize it again.
It was probably vaporized by a poorly aimed fiber.
If the dollar and the federal government crashes - it will vaporize too.
100 kilowatts down a 1mm optical fiber is going to vaporize it if done for more than a tiny fraction of a second.
Low-density meteors don't normally get to the ground -- they are much more likely to vaporize in the atmosphere.
It may have been big, but curiosity has a scoop to scoop up dirt, a drill, and a laser that can vaporize rock to look inside of them.
And it doesn't matter that thorium research was abandoned because we couldn't vaporize commies with it.
They are imaginary devices that can suddenly vaporize, leaving no trace.
The mass would vaporize, but continue in toward the star, accelerating into the gravity well.
Our effective purpose is not build flying cars or cure cancer, but to vaporize jobs for the poor and deliver the proceeds, efficiently, to the rich.
* The lithospheric magma is not hot enough to vaporize or even liquify solid capsules of nuclear waste.
I'm convinced that, if we slam the door shut on lobbying groups' ability to fund politicians, their influence will vaporize overnight.
And of course, all the bikes that existed when he was alive and writing didn't magically vaporize; there are still perfectly functional bikes from the 1900s around, not to mention the 70s and 80s.
Diesel doesn't vaporize to any significant degree at temperatures experienced on Earth.
Very few people would argue that the President didn't have the authority to vaporize Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons, without consulting Congress and without being second-guessed by the courts.
They use the hot brine to vaporize a motive fluid such as liquid pentane in the heat exchanger, when the liquid is converted to gas it creates a high pressure environment and is piped into a turbine which spins the generator.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use vaporize in a sentence?
Then they condense the motive fluid back to a liquid so they can vaporize it again.
What does vaporize mean?
kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
What part of speech is vaporize?
vaporize is commonly used as verb.