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evaporate

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lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue(verb.change)

Example:
Evaporate milk.

Synonym:
vaporise, vaporize

source: wordnet30
cause to change into a vapor(verb.change)

Example:
The chemist evaporated the water.

Synonym:
vaporise

source: wordnet30
change into a vapor(verb.change)

Example:
The water evaporated in front of our eyes.

source: wordnet30
become less intense and fade away gradually(verb.change)

Example:
Her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance.

Synonym:
disappear, melt

source: wordnet30
To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in particles too minute to be visible.(verb)

source: webster1913
To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.(verb)

source: webster1913

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