dematerialize

verb
/ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/UK/ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/US

Etymology

From de- + materialize.

  1. derived from māteria
  2. derived from māteriālis
  3. inherited from material
  4. formed as materialize — “material + -ize
  5. prefixed as dematerialize — “de + materialize

Definitions

  1. To disappear by becoming immaterial.

    • Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.
    • "So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."
  2. To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.

    • Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.
  3. To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).

    • Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dematerialize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA