dematerialize
Example Sentences
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“Of course not. Ridge will be dematerializing in front of our very eyes. According to him, at least. Not exactly the kind of thing Beejee needs to see.”
From Literature
The guy was so quiet and brooding, he almost seemed to dematerialize when he wasn’t speaking.
From Literature
He dematerialized in front of defenders just at the moment when they thought they finally had him in their grasp.
From The Guardian
Last remaining human Prince fan is honored by bots and then ritually dematerialized.
From The New Yorker
The movie’s expressive moments—and there are many—are largely uprooted, decontextualized, and dematerialized, planted like index cards rather than allowed to unfold and to develop.
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.