dematerialize
/'di:mə'tiəriəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (dematerialize) /'di:mə'tiəriəlaiz/
Definition
- Verb:
- To become immaterial, insubstantial, or without physical form; to disappear or vanish, often in a way that seems to defy physical laws.
Usage
- The verb "dematerialize" is typically used in contexts involving science fiction, fantasy, or spiritual/paranormal phenomena to describe a sudden disappearance.
- It is often used intransitively (without a direct object).
- It can be used in the passive voice to describe the state of having been made non-physical.
Examples
- Verb (Intransitive):
- In the movie, the spaceship seemed to dematerialize before our eyes.
- The ghostly figure slowly began to dematerialize into a faint mist.
- Verb (Passive Voice):
- Matter can be dematerialized and converted into pure energy in the story's teleportation device.
Advanced Usage
- "to dematerialize into": to vanish and become a different, less substantial form.
- The ancient wizard dematerialized into a cloud of shimmering light.
- Used in a figurative or abstract sense to describe something becoming less tangible or concrete.
- As digital currency grows, some argue physical money will eventually dematerialize.
Variants and Related Words
- Dematerialization (noun): The process or act of becoming dematerialized.
- The dematerialization of the object was instantaneous.
- Dematerialized (adjective): Describing something that has lost its physical form.
- They studied the dematerialized particles.
Synonyms
- Disappear: To cease to be visible.
- Vanish: To disappear suddenly and completely.
- Dissipate: To disperse or scatter.
- Evaporate: To turn from a solid or liquid into vapor; often used figuratively for disappearance.
Antonyms
- Materialize: To appear or become tangible.
- Solidify: To make or become solid or real.
- Appear: To come into sight.
Related Phrases
- "to dematerialize and rematerialize": A common phrase in science fiction describing teleportation, where an object vanishes in one location and reappears in another.
- The transporter can dematerialize and rematerialize a person across vast distances.
Verb
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become immaterial; disappear
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