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v. - Decrease rapidly and disappear; Turn into gas; Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting.

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  • So we've confirmed that "vaporize" was too strong a word?
  • Advisers have promised to "vaporize" Reid's eventual opponent.
  • His advisers have pledged to "vaporize" whoever emerges from the primary.
  • In F.E.A.R., we had two types of gibs: limb severing and a full body "vaporize" effect.
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