as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen
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Recent Examples of dematerialize
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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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Hex Vision meanwhile dematerialized along with the rest of the illusion Wanda had conjured.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Oct. 2024
When the overhead lights began to rhythmically rise and subside, the object dematerialized before my eyes.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
Their lines are strict and the palette is confined to two materials, grey granite and mirror (which dematerializes to become the view).
—Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
Their mission was a lofty one: to dematerialize any barriers between themselves and the beauty of the landscape.
—ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
Imagine being able to dematerialize from your living room and show up the next moment in Venice or the Amazon rainforest or the rings of Saturn (wearing an appropriate space suit, of course).
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2014
My interest in working with materials like light, color, water, fog, and other natural phenomena grew out of my desire to dematerialize the art object, to make things that were less physical than, say, ephemeral or atmospheric.
—Time, 27 Oct. 2022
How can the most miraculous material in the history of the world, funded up the wazoo, all but dematerialize?
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Hex Vision meanwhile dematerialized along with the rest of the illusion Wanda had conjured.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Oct. 2024
When the overhead lights began to rhythmically rise and subside, the object dematerialized before my eyes.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
Their lines are strict and the palette is confined to two materials, grey granite and mirror (which dematerializes to become the view).
—Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
Their mission was a lofty one: to dematerialize any barriers between themselves and the beauty of the landscape.
—ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
Imagine being able to dematerialize from your living room and show up the next moment in Venice or the Amazon rainforest or the rings of Saturn (wearing an appropriate space suit, of course).
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2014
My interest in working with materials like light, color, water, fog, and other natural phenomena grew out of my desire to dematerialize the art object, to make things that were less physical than, say, ephemeral or atmospheric.
—Time, 27 Oct. 2022
How can the most miraculous material in the history of the world, funded up the wazoo, all but dematerialize?
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerialize
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While these items are disappearing, Starbucks customers can still create similar beverages through custom orders.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
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Modern examples of such clouds can disappear within minute.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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The issue has also spilled over into Thailand, after a high-profile case involving 22-year-old Chinese actor Wang Xing, who vanished in Tak Province, near the Myanmar border.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Authorities planned to pull several vehicles from the Columbia River on Thursday, including a car believed to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters, including two whose bodies washed up at a dam the following year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The easy, and true, earlier justifications about who attacked whom, and about whether Vladimir Putin should be allowed free rein of Europe, faded into cliché.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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But when Yvonne develops troubling symptoms from a tick bite, the rural paradise fades away revealing a breeding ground for a disturbing new life.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Dematerialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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