dematerialize

American

[dee-muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz] / ˌdi məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz /

especially British, dematerialise

verb (used with or without object)

dematerialized, dematerializing

to deprive of or lose material character.

dematerialize British

/ ˌdiːməˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
to disappear without trace; vanish

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Other Word Forms

dematerialization

noun

Etymology

Origin of dematerialize

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + materialize

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