Synonyms of vaporize

vaporize

verb

ˈvā-pə-ˌrīz 

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

a lightning strike vaporized the tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• demolish
• ruin
• shatter
• devastate
• wreck
• smash
• overcome
• damage
• annihilate
• pulverize
• extinguish
• waste
• decimate
• erode
• kill
• raze
• ravage
• nuke
• pull down
• tear down
• cream
• desolate
• mar
• crush
• rub out
• remove
• cripple
• total
• dismantle
• defeat
• subdue
• disintegrate
• injure
• break
• dissolve
• blast
• wrack
• conquer
• do in
• impair
• spoil
• deteriorate
• best
• harm
• lick
• obliterate
• eradicate
• prevail (over)
• win (against)
• trim
• mutilate
• disfigure
• vitiate
• surmount
• assassinate
• exterminate
• triumph (over)
• whip
• scotch
• rout
• dynamite
• master
• blow up
• wear (away)
• beat
• liquidate
• expunge
• disassemble
• sweep (away)
• deface
• wash out
• trounce
• clobber
• wipe out
• thrash
• zap
• scour
• mangle
• sack
• undo
• slay
• extirpate
• slaughter
• overbear
• execute
• fell
• overmatch
• plunder
• take down
• unmake
• blot out
• loot
• cut down
• despoil
• efface
• stamp (out)
• pillage
• havoc
• drub
• wallop
• kill off
• snuff (out)
• trample
• murder
• mow (down)
• gut
• vandalize
• skunk
• take out
• dispatch
• massacre
• dilapidate
• unbuild
• trash
• root (out)
• butcher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• create
• raise
• set up
• erect
• produce
• repair
• put up
• fix
• make
• patch
• rear
• form
• invent
• assemble
• protect
• manufacture
• found
• establish
• constitute
• save
• mend
• shape
• fabricate
• organize
• forge
• preserve
• mold
• bring about
• conserve
• frame
• recondition
• revamp
• fashion
• restore
• institute
• rebuild
• doctor
• reconstruct
• father
• renovate
• remodel

Examples of vaporize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For a glimpse of such effects, recall that an American test in 1954 of a high-yield nuclear weapon on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands vaporized three islands, contaminated 15 more, and caused the development of thyroid tumors among the population. —Doreen Horschig, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2024

Solar radiation from the star—in our case the sun—vaporizes some of the comet’s frozen material, blowing gas and dust away from the nucleus that then reflects the star’s light. —Jorge Garay, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024

This told them impact vaporization was the most pivotal process in vaporizing atoms and ejecting them into the moon's atmosphere. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024

The mass spectrometer first vaporizes the particle by delivering a thermal shock, then propels the resulting gas through coils of glass capillaries. —Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024