sublimate
Example Sentences
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But the sibling competition, however sublimated, was real.
In earlier work, she showed that sublimating CO2 ice can trigger debris flows that cut deep channels along crater walls.
From Science Daily
She’ll sublimate her own romantic heartache in urban renewal and other good works.
From Los Angeles Times
As usual with racist conspiracists, the psychological motivation is a combination of sublimated shame and defensiveness, manifesting in a victim complex.
From Salon
"Because Martian air is so thin and the temperatures so cold, water-ice snow sublimates, or becomes a gas, before it even touches the ground. Dry-ice snow actually does reach the ground," NASA's website states.
From Salon
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