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to immaterialize

to immaterialize

9.9
To make something lose its physical form and seem to disappear
  • verb
  • /ˌɪməˈtɪəriəˌlaɪz/
translation icon : inmaterializar
  • The magician made the object immaterialize before our eyes.

Examples

  • The villain's body began to immaterialize, vanishing into thin air as we watched.

  • The wizard chanted a spell to immaterialize the locked door before us.

  • In some theories, consciousness could immaterialize the mind, separating it from the body.

  • The special effects made the character immaterialize in the movie.

  • The villain's body began to immaterialize, vanishing into thin air as we watched.

  • The magician made the object immaterialize before our eyes.

  • The special effects made the character immaterialize in the movie.

Synonyms

to dematerialize
vsto immaterialize
  • US
5 9.6

Disappear from sight and stop having a physical form

makes something lose physical substance instead of simply vanishing
to disembody
vsto immaterialize
  • Literature
1 8.3

To separate a mind or experience from its physical body

makes something lose physical substance rather than only separate it from a body
to disincarnate
vsto immaterialize
  • Literature
9.9

Make a spirit or mind leave its physical body

makes something lose physical substance or form
to unsubstantialize
vsto immaterialize
  • Formal
9.9

To make something lose its physical form

makes something lose physical substance or form

Antonyms

to materialize
63 5.8

To become real or happen as hoped

Surface Forms

immaterialize infinitive
immaterialized past
immaterialized past participle
immaterializing present participle
immaterializes third person singular

Morphology

immaterialize = immaterial (transparent) = im + material + ize

The verb is transparently formed by adding the productive verbalizer '-ize' to the adjective 'immaterial' meaning 'not material'.

Etymology

The word immaterialize joins im- meaning 'not' with material meaning 'matter' or 'physical stuff', plus the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So to immaterialize is to make something 'not physical', causing it to lose its body or seem to vanish.