vaporize (v.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: zap ]

  2. turn into gas; The substance gasified

    [ Syn: gasify , vaporise , aerify ]

  3. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; evaporate milk

    [ Syn: evaporate , vaporise ]

  4. decrease rapidly and disappear; the money vanished in las Vegas; all my stock assets have vaporized

    [ Syn: vanish , fly ]

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