dematerialize
verb/ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/UK/ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/US
Etymology
From de- + materialize.
- derived from māteria
- derived from māteriālis
- inherited from material
Definitions
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."
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.
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
- synonymdisappeardisappear
- synonymdisintegratedisappear
- synonymdissolvedisappear
- synonymvanishdisappear
- neighbordematerialization
- neighbormaterialize
- neighbormaterialization
- neighborrematerialize
- neighborrematerialization
Derived
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