evaporate

IPA: ɪvˈæpɝeɪt

verb

  • (ambitransitive) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
  • (transitive) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To give vent to; to dissipate.
  • (intransitive, figurative) To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect.

adjective

  • (obsolete) evaporated
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Examples of "evaporate" in Sentences

  • Hamlin likely saw his bid for his first NASCAR title evaporate with 60 laps to go when the
  • This allows the layers to fully adhere to each other and excess moisture to evaporate from the soap.
  • Are you confident that taxpayers are going to get their money back or is there a chance that a large chunk of that $50 million may just kind of evaporate?
  • But we can start with a black hole, translate it into the new theory (where we do know how to keep track of information), let the black hole "evaporate" and translate it back.
  • But letting a workforce discipline atrophy, or allowing capabilities to slip away, or watching commercial opportunities be delayed or evaporate is far less affordable in the long term.
  • We also know that the stuff holds itself together by gravity, and that the particles of the stuff can't be too fast or else the stuff would "evaporate" from its gravitational "bottle."
  • We had overnight our water supply for all practical purposes in the short term evaporate on us and we have to now go to extraordinary measures in order to get through this drought cycle.
  • As the sun gets higher and it gets a little warmer, by mid-April, you can actually put your sleeping bag out and the ice will sublimate, it will evaporate from the bag and, by the end of April even the wettest bags were all nice and dry and fluffy once again.
  • The lawsuit claims that as the prosecution's case began to "evaporate" in 1995 — with three witnesses either recanting, refusing to cooperate or fleeing the area in violation of probation — Mr. Vecchione employed illegal tactics to coerce the witnesses into giving false statements and testimony.

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