volatilize

American  

[vol-uh-tl-ahyz] / ˈvɒl ə tlˌaɪz /

especially British, volatilise

verb (used without object)

volatilized, volatilizing

1. to become volatile; pass off as vapor.

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verb (used with object)

volatilized, volatilizing

1. to make volatile; cause to pass off as vapor.

volatilize British  

/ vɒˈlætɪˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to change or cause to change from a solid or liquid to a vapour

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Other Word Forms

• nonvolatilizable adjective
• nonvolatilized adjective
• unvolatilized adjective
• volatilizable adjective
• volatilization noun
• volatilizer noun

Etymology

Origin of volatilize

First recorded in 1650–60; volatile + -ize

Example Sentences

The companies said they would make new dicamba formulations that would stay where they were sprayed and would not volatilize as older versions of dicamba were believed to do.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2020

“Even today, if you talk to most chemists, and you say, 'I want to volatilize gold,' they're like, 'What are you talking about?'”

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

"I started thinking about how to volatilize a fragrant oil off the surface of toilet bowl water."

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 3, 2011

One place where money was going was into such ordinarily dead issues as coal stocks, which nothing short of a World War could volatilize.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Millikan rays will penetrate anything except a special ray screen or a zone of force, and carry with them—somewhat as radio frequencies carry sound frequencies—the heat rays, which volatilize anything they touch.

From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar