dematerialize

verb

ˌdē-mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce dematerialize (audio)
Definition of dematerializenext
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen

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Recent Examples of dematerialize 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 When the overhead lights began to rhythmically rise and subside, the object dematerialized before my eyes. — Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerialize
  1. disappear
  2. vanish
  3. fade
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  • South Korean family mysteriously disappears on drive from Grand Canyon to Las Vegas.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Denise, her sister-in-law and the child had stopped inside a butcher shop when James disappeared.
    — KC Baker, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of disappear
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  • The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • We’re done watching cash vanish while our kids go without.
    — Ryan J. Taylor, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of vanish
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  • The possible explanatory layers overwhelm, and so there’s an honesty to how the series opts to focus on the devastation instead, fading out on the image of the Miller family torn apart and Eddie breaking down on Jamie’s bed.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Now, Trump's personal and fading legal troubles—combined with his brash policies concerning issues like immigration, executive power, and corporate regulations—are once again driving people to law school.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of fade

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“Dematerialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialize. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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