# vaporized

/ˈveɪpɝˌaɪzd/ (US) · CEFR C1 · Verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/vaporized
Updated: 2026-10-15

## Definition

to turn a liquid or solid into gas or mist with heat, so you can no longer see it. People also use it to mean something was destroyed completely, as if it vanished into air.

For teachers: to convert a liquid or solid into vapor by heat or pressure. Extended in general use to mean destroyed or removed completely, as if reduced to vapor.

## Examples

- Heat has vaporized the puddle on the road.
- The kettle boiled so long that all the water vaporized and left white marks inside.
- By noon the desert sun had vaporized every trace of morning rain, leaving only cracked earth and shimmering air.

## Synonyms

evaporate, vanish, disappear, destroy

## Antonyms

condense

## Usage notes

- Transitive in most uses; US spelling — UK 'vaporised'.

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