0 past simple and past participle of vaporize
1 to turn, or cause something to turn, from a solid or liquid state into gas:
A portion of the sample is vaporized during the laser pulse to form plasma of the sample constituents containing electronically excited atomic species.
Various chondrite meteorites (by far the most common type) show all stages of partial melting from mild to almost completely vaporized.
With each oscillation the bubble attenuates by emitting vaporized material and a shock wave in to the surrounding liquids.
Each metal was vaporized by the filament heater.
The dust particles vaporized in the impact and mass spectra were obtained from the ionized material.
The heat generated by the arc gradually vaporized the ammonia together with the arcing products.
The wire is completely vaporized after this first pinch.
Small spots on the cathode material are vaporized and ionized, producing a plasma plume, from which ions are extracted.
