vaporize
Example Sentences
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During a massive impact, temperatures soar, allowing potassium to vaporize and its isotopes to separate.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
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
The compressed air starts to glow, and when it reaches a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Celsius, the solid material in the meteoroid starts to vaporize.
From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023
He’d been a middle manager at a utility company, took a buyout after a merger and layoff, and then watched much of his retirement fund vaporize during a market crash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 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
Vocabulary lists containing vaporize
Cosmos
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"The Hunger Games," Chapter 2 Vocabulary
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Locomotion
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