vaporize (Verb) — Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting. ex. "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
vaporize (Verb) — Turn into gas. ex. "The substance vaporized"
vaporize (Verb) — Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue. ex. "vaporize milk"
vaporize (Verb) — Decrease rapidly and disappear. ex. "all my stock assets have vaporized"
vaporize (Verb) — Change into a vapour. ex. "The water vaporized in front of our eyes"
vaporize (Verb) — Cause to change into a vapour. ex. "The chemist vaporized the water"