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.
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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
Their lines are strict and the palette is confined to two materials, grey granite and mirror (which dematerializes to become the view).
—Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
Their mission was a lofty one: to dematerialize any barriers between themselves and the beauty of the landscape.
—ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
Imagine being able to dematerialize from your living room and show up the next moment in Venice or the Amazon rainforest or the rings of Saturn (wearing an appropriate space suit, of course).
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2014
My interest in working with materials like light, color, water, fog, and other natural phenomena grew out of my desire to dematerialize the art object, to make things that were less physical than, say, ephemeral or atmospheric.
—Time, 27 Oct. 2022
How can the most miraculous material in the history of the world, funded up the wazoo, all but dematerialize?
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
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
Their lines are strict and the palette is confined to two materials, grey granite and mirror (which dematerializes to become the view).
—Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
Their mission was a lofty one: to dematerialize any barriers between themselves and the beauty of the landscape.
—ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
Imagine being able to dematerialize from your living room and show up the next moment in Venice or the Amazon rainforest or the rings of Saturn (wearing an appropriate space suit, of course).
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2014
My interest in working with materials like light, color, water, fog, and other natural phenomena grew out of my desire to dematerialize the art object, to make things that were less physical than, say, ephemeral or atmospheric.
—Time, 27 Oct. 2022
How can the most miraculous material in the history of the world, funded up the wazoo, all but dematerialize?
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerialize
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When fall arrives, the Roberts family disappears into the woods.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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But when the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze toward Neptune’s dark eye in 1994, the spot had disappeared.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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The opportunity to understand what went wrong vanished when Onyxx was cremated.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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The victim vanished on March 31, 2023 after dropping off her and Fravel’s two children at daycare in Winona.David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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That paycheck or applause fades into the background as soon as a bigger challenge arises.Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The color also faded a little after rubbing the sheets with sandpaper.Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Dematerialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialize. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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