as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated
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Recent Examples of evaporate
When opened and exposed to air, the moisture of the molasses in the brown sugar evaporates, causing the sugar to clump and dry out.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
But the good news is, the use of heat in later stages of processing evaporates the hexane, so the final oil contains only a tiny amount, if any—too low to have a negative effect, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2025
If water remains stagnant in a reservoir, there is a risk that chloramine, the chemical used as a disinfectant, will break down and chlorine will evaporate, leaving behind ammonia that could foster bacterial growth in the water supply.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Scientists believe that Venus' oceans boiled away as solar activity intensified, warming the planet as the evaporating water acted as a powerful greenhouse gas.
—Tom Brown, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
But the good news is, the use of heat in later stages of processing evaporates the hexane, so the final oil contains only a tiny amount, if any—too low to have a negative effect, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2025
If water remains stagnant in a reservoir, there is a risk that chloramine, the chemical used as a disinfectant, will break down and chlorine will evaporate, leaving behind ammonia that could foster bacterial growth in the water supply.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Scientists believe that Venus' oceans boiled away as solar activity intensified, warming the planet as the evaporating water acted as a powerful greenhouse gas.
—Tom Brown, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporate
Verb
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The woman disappeared, and the man was left homeless.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Enthusiasm for SPACs has all but disappeared, with lessons learned from some of the less successful listings.—
Daniel Webber,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the group that once asserted control over territory roughly equivalent to the size of Virginia would not simply vanish.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Abbott plays Blake, a San Francisco man who inherits a rural Oregon farmhouse after his dad vanishes.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Sunlight had begun to fade, casting a shadow on the space.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Saturn, nearby, will become visible to the naked eye as dusk fades to darkness and remain observable for around three-and-a-half hours past sunset, at which point the pair will sink below the horizon and out of view.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Arctic ice is melting, the sea level is rising and temperatures are going to extremes in many locations around the world.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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In this aerial view melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 16, 2024 near Ilulissat, Greenland.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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