Meaning

verb kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting

verb turn into gas

verb lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

originEtymology tree English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporize From vapor + -ize.

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