dematerializes

verb

present tense third-person singular of dematerialize
as in disappears
to cease to be visible the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen

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  1. disappears
  2. vanishes
  3. fades
Verb
  • Your teenager walks in the door, barely says hello and disappears into their room.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That's helpful when the remote disappears somewhere in the couch.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappears
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  • When a dog bolts into a canyon or vanishes under heavy tree cover, most tracking collars lose the signal.
    — Joe Mullich, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • And as always, at the top level, the sport is dependent upon manufacturer largesse, something that usually vanishes in the face of worsening economic outlooks.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanishes
Verb
  • The film is set in Lucknow as the age of the nawabs (Muslim nobles) fades.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Speed without a foundation collapses, and attention in a crowded market fades fast, but trust endures; and trust is exactly what this channel builds.
    — Joel Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of fades
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“Dematerializes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerializes. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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