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Annihilation by vaporizing something
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vaporization
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas. 2 A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. annihilation by vaporizing something [syn: vaporisation ] the process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporisation , vapor , vapour , evaporation ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also vaporisation , 1788, noun of action from vaporize . In same sense Middle English had vaporacioun (late 14c.).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vaporization \Vap`o*ri*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. vaporisation.] The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vaporization (or ' vaporisation ') of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling . Evaporation is a surface phenomenon, whereas boiling is a bulk phenomenon. Evaporation ...
Usage examples of vaporization.
It sensed the collapse of the hull, the propagation of the plasma front, the sequential vaporization of its process-control modules, watching the plasma eat it alive, finally howling in electronic pain as the plasma devoured it.
Since all data proved correct, duty required Ombuds to state that apparently the planet's staff had entered the death chambers exactly as the Victorians before, thereby causing their own vaporization.
Crystal halls of water smashed there, gauzed by the mist of their own vaporization.
Half of the atmosphere and almost all of the liquid of the planet is a compound with an extremely low heat of vaporization.
Almost half of that atmosphere and by far the greater part of the liquid phase of the planet is a substance of extremely low latent heat of vaporization, with a boiling point such that during the daytime it is a vapor and at night a liquid.
Half of that atmosphere and most of that hydrosphere are one chemical, a substance of very low heat of vaporization and having a boiling point of about seventy five degrees Fahrenheit.
Or perhaps -- what was likeliest of all -- the thing had simply happened because purges and vaporizations were a necessary part of the mechanics of government.
Thoughts and actions which, when detected, mean certain death are not formally forbidden, and the endless purges, arrests, tortures, imprisonments, and vaporizations are not inflicted as punishment for crimes which have actually been committed, but are merely the wiping-out of persons who might perhaps commit a crime at some time in the future.
Executives would cause vaporizations wholesale and no one would be safe.
Carl cleaned them carefully with a water jet and flushed his covered bucket into the outbound tube-one-way flash vaporization that dumped directly into free space.