vaporized 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of vaporizednext
as in dissolved

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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 Synonyms for vaporized
  1. destroyed
  2. ruined
  3. demolished
  4. wrecked
  5. invisible
  6. devastated
Verb
  • Daley wasn’t interested, knowing that in certain white neighborhoods, those signs would be defaced or destroyed.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Almost all of Gaza’s other schools are either shuttered, destroyed or have been converted into shelters for the displaced.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Collegiate sports have been ruined by the NCAA.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Others shared similar heartwarming stories of kind ways their postal workers went out of their way to cleverly deliver presents in boxes that could’ve ruined holiday surprises.
    Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Finally, the wall that had the last remaining barely visible image of Christ was demolished.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Years later, the elder sister is told that the camp will be demolished soon by her deceased sister.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of demolished
Verb
  • The 1995-97 newspaper strike scrambled the lives of many and wrecked a good deal of camaraderie.
    Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
  • So many of those at highest risk are too young to remember the days when HIV wrecked communities.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrecked
Adjective
  • Yet, beneath the cliché lies a fundamental truth: Culture is the invisible backbone of organizational success.
    Marius Ivanauskas, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • On a nearly invisible corner of 307th Street and 475th Avenue in the middle of Union County, South Dakota, where farmland hugs you from everywhere and the topography begins to roll, is the Nora Store.
    Angela George, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of invisible
Verb
  • Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Relatives and friends are further devastated.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of devastated
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