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dematerialize

Pronunciation:  `deemu'teereeu`lIz

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 Definition: [v]  become immaterial; disappear
 
 Synonyms: dematerialise
 
 Antonyms: happen, materialise, materialize
 
 See Also: disappear, go away, vanish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De`ma*te"ri*al*ize\, v. t.
To deprive of material or physical qualities or
characteristics.

      Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything
      which . . . has distinguished matter.    --Milman.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: attenuate, be consumed, be gone, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, disembody, disincarnate, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dwindle, enervate, erode, etherealize, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, fade out, flee, fly, go, go away, hide, idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leave no trace, leave the scene, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, rarefy, retire from sight, sap, sink, sink away, spiritize, spiritualize, subtilize, suffer an eclipse, unsubstantialize, vanish, vanish from sight, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away
 

 

 

 

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