volatilize
/vəˈlætəlaɪz/
verb
- To change from a solid or liquid into a gas or vapor.
- Some chemicals volatilize at room temperature, releasing fumes.
- When you heat water, it volatilizes into steam.
- The dry ice volatilized quickly in the warm room.
- To cause something to change into a gas or vapor.
- The scientist used a special device to volatilize the liquid sample.
- High temperatures can volatilize the essential oils in the plant.
- The factory must control how it volatilizes solvents to reduce air pollution.
- To disappear or cause something to disappear suddenly and completely, as if turning into vapor.
- All her savings seemed to volatilize after the stock market crash.
- The team's lead volatilized in the final minutes of the game.
- His anger volatilized when he heard the good news.