vaporize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vaporize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vaporize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporize v kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" Synonym(s): zap, vaporize turn into gas; "The substance gasified" Synonym(s): gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" Synonym(s): evaporate, vaporize, vaporise decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" Synonym(s): vanish, fly, vaporize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaporized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaporizing}.] [Cf. F. vaporiser.] To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially. {Vaporizing surface}. (Steam Boilers) See {Evaporating surface}, under {Evaporate}, v. t.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporize \Vap"o*rize\, v. i. To pass off in vapor.