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dematerializing

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de⋅ma⋅te⋅ri⋅al⋅ize

[dee-muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to deprive of or lose material character.
Also, especially British, de⋅ma⋅te⋅ri⋅al⋅ise.


Origin:
1880–85; de- + materialize


de⋅ma⋅te⋅ri⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·ma·te·ri·al·ize   (dē'mə-tîr'ē-ə-līz')   
tr. & intr.v.   de·ma·te·ri·al·ized, de·ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing, de·ma·te·ri·al·iz·es
To deprive of or lose apparent physical substance; make or become immaterial: Mirrors have the effect of dematerializing a wall. The dry ice seemed to dematerialize as it sublimated.
de'ma·te'ri·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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