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vaporized

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verb

past tense of vaporize
as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a lightning strike vaporized the tree

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Recent Examples of vaporized
Adjective
The hundreds of rats and mice were sick and had to be treated twice a day with vaporized medicine. Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025 It is designed to test for vaporized tobacco, marijuana, nicotine products, and e-cigarette devices. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
But in 2019, a fire tore through the sisters’ homes and vaporized all of Liway’s cash. Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 These structures formed when high-speed impacts vaporized carbon from the solar wind and meteorites; as this gas cooled rapidly, local iron particles acted as catalysts, knitting the atoms into tubes rather than forming ordinary soot. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026 So, will the soon-to-be received fresh bundles of cash be vaporized by inflation? Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026 Early images had revealed the comet’s bluish-green coma, created as the sun's heat vaporized the comet's ices in a process called sublimation. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025 This shock vaporized chunks of the industrial bases of nations around the world, including the United States. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025 The first Starship launch vaporized part of the launch site and threw debris as far as 6 miles. Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025 This vaporized the harmful metals in the red mud, and left behind a purified compound rich in aluminum. New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025 The idea being that when an atomic bomb lands in your city, you are vaporized instantly. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaporized
Adjective
  • Heat decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The storm that destroyed the home of Shaun and Karen Powers hit three months after the phone call that put an end to Coppermark’s strategy of flooding the insurance department with complaints.
    J.C. Hallman, Oklahoman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Talmud teaches that Jerusalem was destroyed not only because of hatred, but because of sinat chinam, baseless hatred fueled by moral absolutism.
    Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Certain songs could be ruined forever.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Romero’s red card for a foul on Casemiro in the 29th minute of Tottenham’s defeat to Manchester United on Saturday ruined Frank’s game plan.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Damaged beyond repair, the building was permanently closed and later demolished.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
  • After the closure of Toni’s Italian Restaurant’s Olathe location last year, city planning documents show the restaurant’s former building will soon be demolished alongside a handful of other buildings, as the city gears up for an ambitious overhaul of East Santa Fe Street.
    Kendrick Calfee Updated February 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Even the random animals — birds, deer, dogs, cats and, at one point, a peacock — the director encounters on her journeys around Negev seem to be shattered by years of bombing.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Pim Neill, a 6-year-old girl from Pittsburgh, shattered the Pennsylvania state record by selling more than 81,000 boxes of cookies, the most ever sold in a single season.
    Josh Taylor, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The front lobby of Unicoi County Hospital was wrecked by devastating flooding during Hurricane Helene in 2024.
    Brett Kelman, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That general manager wrecked the team.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Minnie is practically invisible to most of the students at North Little Rock High School, which is what makes her friendship with Callie — the most popular girl in her class — so special.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Even when these handsome young men are obviously posing for Tress’s camera, the work is rich and fascinating, providing a view into a world otherwise all but invisible to passersby.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Whitaker and Perlah, who know about Louie’s advanced liver disease and see his care as routine, will be devastated to learn Louie is gone.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
  • See the aftermath from above Infrastructure devastated There have been reports of severe damage to the area's infrastructure, including the city's hospital, schools and businesses.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

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“Vaporized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaporized. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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