dematerialize

verb

de·​ma·​te·​ri·​al·​ize ˌdē-mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce dematerialize (audio)
dematerialized; dematerializing; dematerializes
Synonyms of dematerializenext

transitive verb

: to cause to become or appear immaterial

intransitive verb

: to lose or appear to lose materiality
dematerialization
ˌdē-mə-ˌtir-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce dematerialize (audio)
noun

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Examples of dematerialize in a Sentence

the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen
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The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer. — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 Hex Vision meanwhile dematerialized along with the rest of the illusion Wanda had conjured. — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1864, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of dematerialize was circa 1864

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“Dematerialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dematerialize. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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