VAPORIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaporized mean? 

• VAPORIZED (adjective)
  The adjective VAPORIZED has 1 sense:

1. converted into a gas or vapor

  Familiarity information: VAPORIZED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAPORIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Converted into a gas or vapor

Synonyms:

gasified; vaporized; vapourised; volatilised; volatilized

Similar:

gaseous (existing as or having characteristics of a gas)

 Context examples 

Together these features indicated a ring of dusty debris circling the white dwarf, and what could be the signature of a small planet being vaporized.

(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)

Vaporized active and/or inert ingredient(s) intended for administration by inhalation.

(Inhalant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Like most sungrazing comets, this comet was torn apart and vaporized by the intense forces near the sun.

(ESA, NASA’s SOHO Sees Bright Sungrazer Comet, NASA)

Upon activation of an appropriate valve system, the liquid is expelled into the air, the propellant is vaporized and the ingredients are dispersed.

(Aerosol Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

The most accessible source is CO2 in the polar ice caps; it could be vaporized by spreading dust on it to absorb more solar radiation or by using explosives.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)

Dust from the comet impacted Mars and was vaporized high in the atmosphere, producing what was likely an impressive meteor shower.

(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)

According to the differing isotope ratios of the element magnesium in these samples – specifically, Earth and Mars have largely retained only the heavier forms of the chemical – substantial amounts of magnesium must have vaporized when the planets formed.

(Fiery Collisions That Gave Birth to Earth Could Have Evaporated 40% of Our World, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)