vacuumize

 [vak-yoo-mahyz, -yoo-uh-, -yuh-]  

vac·u·um·ize

   [vak-yoo-mahyz, -yoo-uh-, -yuh-]
verb (used with object), vac·u·um·ized, vac·u·um·iz·ing.
1.
to create a vacuum in.
2.
vacuum (def. 11).
3.
vacuum-pack.
Also, especially British, vac·u·um·ise.

Origin:
1905–10; vacuum + -ize
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