Definition

1. Verb:
   • To turn from a liquid or solid state into vapor: The process where a substance changes into a gas, often due to heat.
   • To cause a substance to turn into vapor: To apply energy (like heat) to a liquid or solid so that it becomes a gas.
   • To disappear or dissipate like vapor: To vanish suddenly or completely.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (Intransitive - to turn into vapor):
  • The puddle will vaporise quickly under the hot sun.
  • Alcohol vaporises at a lower temperature than water.
• Verb (Transitive - to cause to turn into vapor):
  • The chemist used a hot plate to vaporise the solvent.
  • The intense laser beam can vaporise metal.
• Verb (To disappear):
  • His hopes seemed to vaporise when he heard the bad news.
  • The morning fog began to vaporise as the day warmed.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Context: Often used in chemistry and physics to describe phase changes.
  • In a vacuum, water can vaporise at room temperature.
• Figurative Use: To describe something vanishing suddenly or being annihilated.
  • The company's profits vaporised during the economic crisis.

Variants and Related Words

• Vaporize: The preferred spelling in American English. (e.g., )
• Vapor (noun): The gaseous state of a substance. (e.g., )
• Vaporisation/Vaporization (noun): The process of vaporising. (e.g., )
• Evaporate: A close synonym, often used for the slower vaporisation of a liquid, especially at its surface. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Evaporate: To change from liquid to vapor.
• Gasify: To convert into a gas.
• Volatilize: To make volatile or cause to evaporate.
• Disappear: To vanish or cease to be visible.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

(Note: "Vaporise" itself is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The action is typically expressed by the verb alone or with prepositions like "into.") - Vaporise away: To disappear completely by turning into vapor. (Less common) - The dry ice vaporised away, leaving no residue.

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms centered on the word "vaporise." Its figurative use often stands alone to imply sudden disappearance or destruction.) - To go up in smoke/vapor: A related idiom meaning to be destroyed or come to nothing. - All our careful plans went up in smoke. (This conveys a similar idea of sudden disappearance or failure as the figurative use of "vaporise.")

Verb

1. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
   • evaporate milk
2. turn into gas
   • The substance gasified
3. change into a vapor
   • The water evaporated in front of our eyes
4. cause to change into a vapor
   • The chemist evaporated the water