dematerialize

dematerialize
    v 1: become immaterial; disappear [syn: {dematerialize},
         {dematerialise}] [ant: {happen}, {materialise},
         {materialize}]
    

Dematerialize \De`ma*te"ri*al*ize\, v. t.
   To deprive of material or physical qualities or
   characteristics.
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         Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything
         which . . . has distinguished matter.    --Milman.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "dematerialize":
      attenuate, be consumed, be gone, cease, cease to be,
      cease to exist, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear,
      disembody, disincarnate, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve,
      do a fade-out, dwindle, enervate, erode, etherealize, evanesce,
      evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, fade out, flee, fly, go, go away,
      hide, idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leave no trace,
      leave the scene, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, pass out,
      perish, rarefy, retire from sight, sap, sink, sink away, spiritize,
      spiritualize, subtilize, suffer an eclipse, unsubstantialize,
      vanish, vanish from sight, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away