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dematerialize

[ dee-muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

dematerialized, dematerializing.
  1. to deprive of or lose material character.


dematerialize

/ ˌ徱ːəˈɪəɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
  2. to disappear without trace; vanish
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Derived Forms

  • 𳾲ˌٱˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • m·ٱr···tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dematerialize1

First recorded in 1880–85; de- + materialize
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The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.

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There is no insistence in Tanowitz’s work; its beauties flower and dematerialize before your eyes.

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In fact, the waterfront dining room and the meticulously prepared tasting menu have already dematerialized.

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Other pop scenes seemed to dematerialize in its wake.

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Jules confesses — to making the recording and to stealing the silky gown Cynthia wears to do “La Wally” — and both times her umbrage dematerializes.

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