to vaporize

Examples

• All

• If it's okay to vaporize citizens in Yemen, why not on US soil too?

  Blog text (21)

• I could vaporize you.

  Elemental (2023)

• Or vaporize me and everything in this building, which would not be good.

  Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

• Give me one good reason I shouldn't vaporize you.

  All Star Superman (2011)

• You'll vaporize before you feel a thing.

  Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

• Right now... the President of the United States is preparing to vaporize millions upon millions of souls.

  Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

• Weapons control, vaporize any planetary debris that gets too close.

  Dead Space: Aftermath (2011)

• "I would estimate that anything within half a mile of my present location will be instantly vaporized.

  Fiction book (2000)

• A huge dinosaur foot steps down hard and is vaporized with a deafening roar.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The explosion vaporized the entire building, leaving no trace behind.

Synonyms

E

to explode

vsto vaporize

579 2.8

To burst suddenly and violently, making a loud noise and flying pieces

implies a more total, instantaneous destroying effect like a focused energy blast

B

to blow up

vsto vaporize

534 2.7

To cause something to explode violently

adds a sense of instantaneous complete erasure by a concentrated energy attack

D

to devastate

vsto vaporize

221 4.9

To destroy something greatly or make people feel deeply shocked and sad

is narrower, stressing immediate total elimination by a single energy strike

D

to detonate

vsto vaporize

192 6.5

Cause something like a bomb or firework to explode suddenly and violently

adds the sense of immediate complete annihilation by an intense energy burst

B

to blast

vsto vaporize

137 4.9

To break rock or walls using explosives to make an opening

suggests a more absolute sudden destruction as if erased by energy

A

to annihilate

vsto vaporize

• NSFW

63 7.5

To destroy completely, often killing many people

leans toward an image of immediate obliteration by a concentrated energy attack

K

to knock down

vsto vaporize

57 3.2

Make a building or wall fall down suddenly

suggests absolute instant annihilation rather than mere collapse or demolition

I

to incinerate

vsto vaporize

33 7.1

To burn things like documents or waste until they turn to ash

focuses more on an instant vapor-like disappearance than slow burning to ash

N

to nuke

vsto vaporize

• Informal

32 7.4

To destroy something completely, often using a nuclear bomb

is similar but stresses a single sudden energy burst image rather than specific weapons

Z

to zap

vsto vaporize

• NSFW

17 6.0

To hit and destroy a person or thing suddenly, often using electricity

emphasizes sudden total destruction by a powerful energy burst rather than just a strike

P

to pulverize

vsto vaporize

• US

15 7.6

To destroy something completely so nothing is left

is more about an instant annihilation by an energy burst than gradual crushing

T

to torpedo

vsto vaporize

13 5.1

To destroy or ruin something suddenly and completely

adds a vivid image of instant vaporizing by overwhelming energy rather than mere ruin

E

to extinguish

vsto vaporize

• Offensive

13 7.7

Kill an entire group of people or animals so none are left

is more vivid about sudden, single-moment obliteration by a powerful energy burst

L

to liquidate

vsto vaporize

• Offensive

9 9.3

To kill someone who is a threat

conveys mass, sudden destruction by powerful energy rather than targeted killing

D

to dynamite

vsto vaporize

6 5.1

To blow up something using a strong explosive used to break rock

evokes a single overwhelming energy strike rather than a conventional explosive charge

A

to atomize

vsto vaporize

1 9.2

To destroy a place with very powerful weapons like bombs

focuses more on an instant obliterating energy burst rather than fragmenting into pieces

Antonyms

S

to save

∞ 1.0

Rescue someone or something from danger

P

to preserve

496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

How Completely

to annihilate

• NSFW

63 7.5

to vaporize

• NSFW

33 7.7

to destroy

∞ 1.0

to damage

885 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology