evaporate
verb (used without object)
to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
evaporated
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past participleof evaporate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof evaporate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
evaporateverb (used without object)to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
Example Sentences
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The skepticism I had heard at the beginning of the afternoon had evaporated.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
U.S. stocks fell Thursday as the brief calm in the bond market evaporated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Their findings suggest that the material came from a region near the surface of its parent asteroid, where liquid water evaporated and left behind increasingly concentrated salts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
This misdirection masked Washington’s responsibility for $2.7 trillion in U.S. financial sector losses and $4.1 trillion globally, alongside massive indirect destruction—a $14 trillion loss in U.S. output and $19 trillion in evaporated household wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
All traces of humor and mischief have evaporated from her eyes, revealing the same intense look that Ma must have inherited.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
