'Vaporize' definitions:
Definition of 'vaporize'
(from WordNet)
verb
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, vaporize]
verb
verb
Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise]
verb
Definition of 'Vaporize'
From: GCIDE
- Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\ (v[a^]p"[-o]*r[imac]z or v[=a]"p[~e]r*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaporized (-r[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporizing (-r[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. vaporiser.] To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially. [1913 Webster]
- Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See {Evaporating surface}, under Evaporate, v. t. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vaporize'
From: GCIDE
- Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. i. To pass off in vapor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vaporize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerate,
- aerify,
- atomize,
- blow to pieces,
- blow up,
- brain,
- bring down,
- bring to ruin,
- burn to death,
- carbonate,
- chlorinate,
- condemn,
- confound,
- consume,
- cut down,
- cut to pieces,
- damn,
- deal a deathblow,
- deal destruction,
- decimate,
- depredate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- devour,
- disintegrate,
- dissolve,
- distill,
- drop,
- emit,
- engorge,
- etherify,
- etherize,
- evaporate,
- exhale,
- fell,
- fluidize,
- fractionate,
- frag,
- fume,
- fumigate,
- gasify,
- give off,
- give the quietus,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gun down,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- havoc,
- hydrogenate,
- incinerate,
- jugulate,
- lapidate,
- lay in ruins,
- lay low,
- lay waste,
- oxygenate,
- perfume,
- pistol,
- poleax,
- ravage,
- reek,
- riddle,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- send out,
- shipwreck,
- shoot,
- shoot down,
- shoot to death,
- shotgun,
- silence,
- smoke,
- spray,
- stab to death,
- steam,
- stone,
- stone to death,
- strike dead,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- swallow up,
- throw into disorder,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- vandalize,
- volatilize,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck
Words containing 'Vaporize'
- Vapor,
- Vaporability,
- Vaporable,
- Vaporate,
- Vaporation,
- Vapored,
- Vaporer,
- Vaporing,
- Vaporingly,
- Vaporization,
- Vaporized,
- Vaporizer,
- Vaporizing,
- Vaporous,
- Vaporousness,
- vapors,
- Vapor bath,
- Vapor burner,
- Vapor density,
- Vapor engine,
- Vapor galvanizing,
- Vapor pressure,
- Vapor tension,
- Vaporer moth,
- Vaporizing surface,
- heat of vaporization,
- vapor lock,
- vapor trail,
- water vapor,
- mercury-vapor lamp,
- sodium-vapor lamp