1. (

• zap ,
• vaporize ,

) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" ;

2. (

• gasify ,
• vaporize ,
• vaporise ,
• aerify

) turn into gas; "The substance gasified" ;

3. (

• evaporate ,
• vaporize ,
• vaporise ,

) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" ;

4. (

• vanish ,
• fly ,
• vaporize ,

) decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" ;