vaporize
verb (used with object)
to cause to change into vapor.
vaporise
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a variation of
vaporize.
Example Sentences
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Quaise's application involves "sending electromagnetic waves in the microwave millimetre wave spectrum to essentially melt and vaporise through the rock," explains Harry Kelso, Quaise's communications manager.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Not only this, most of the mineral-and-rock forming elements – which would otherwise be hidden in the atmospheres –, now begin to vaporise and reveal themselves.
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 26, 2023
Because these planets are too cold for the elements to vaporise into the atmosphere, they remain trapped in it forever and are almost never detected in our Solar System.
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 26, 2023
That she felt as if her success could vaporise also made Bella Donna more relatable.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2019
The heat supplied to the chamber must be sufficient to vaporise the oil, but not great enough to decompose it.
From Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants by Walter C. Runciman
