vaporize
Example Sentences
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The medley of sounds and images that had woken him up vaporized the way dreams do, and his mind raced back through the rooms he’d slept in over the years until he remembered the McKays.
From Literature
Astronomers have identified powerful winds of vaporized metals inside a vast cloud that blocked the light of a distant star for almost nine months.
From Science Daily
Another, more speculative explanation suggests the iron could be part of a curved arc of plasma created when a rocky planet was vaporized during an earlier expansion of the star.
From Science Daily
In January 2002, Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy, vaporizing tens of billions in market value.
The suit, filed last week in Arlington, Va. where Boeing is based, is the latest to allege that exposure to vaporized engine oils during a flight has led to long-term illness.
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