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vacuumize

American  
[vak-yoo-mahyz, -yoo-uh-, -yuh-] / ˈvæk juˌmaɪz, -ju ə-, -jə- /
especially British, vacuumise

verb (used with object)

vacuumized, vacuumizing
  1. to create a vacuum in.

  2. vacuum.

  3. vacuum-pack.


Etymology

Origin of vacuumize

First recorded in 1905–10; vacuum + -ize


Example Sentences

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"Now that we're alone we could vacuumize it without worrying about Vidac."

From The Space Pioneers by Louis Glanzman

Finally, a giant contraption with three vacuumized tubes separates the quills from tiny bits of now pristine feather fluff.

From Time Magazine Archive

But how are you going to get the inside tube vacuumized, then the second one, and finally the third.

From The Space Pioneers by Louis Glanzman

At a meeting of the directors of "financed" Steel, during the brief reign of its late "vacuumized" president, Charlie Schwab, an episode occurred which exhibited the danger of interfering with Mr. Rogers' iron-bound plans.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson

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