vaporizeverb [ I or T ]
UK usually vaporise uk/ˈveɪ.pər.aɪz/us/ˈveɪ.pɚ.aɪz/to turn, or cause something to turn, from a solid or liquid state into gas:
During surgery, doctors sometimes use a laser beam to vaporize tiny blood vessels.
Most meteorites striking the earth vaporize instantly.
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- corrode
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
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vaporization
noun [ U ] UK usually vaporisation uk/ˌveɪ.pər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//ˌveɪ.pɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/