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"vapid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat , dull":[
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"a gossipy, vapid woman, obsessed by her own elegance",
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"\u2014 R. F. Delderfield",
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"London was not all vapid dissipation",
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"\u2014 V. S. Pritchett"
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},
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"examples":[
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"Waiting rooms, as I'm sure you know, are small rooms with plenty of chairs for waiting, as well as piles of old, dull magazines to read and some vapid paintings \u2026 while you endure the boredom that doctors and dentists inflict on their patients before bringing them in to poke them and prod them and do all the miserable things that such people are paid to do. \u2014 Lemony Snicket , The Ersatz Elevator , 2001",
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"In a secular age, symbolic rituals such as lighting the Olympic torch inevitably risk seeming a little vapid . \u2014 Tony Perrottet , Civilization , June/July 2000",
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"\u2026 the incompetent servant, by whomsoever employed, is always against his employer. Even those born governors, noble and right honourable creatures, who have been the most imbecile in high places, have uniformly shown themselves the most opposed (sometimes in belying distrust, sometimes in vapid insolence) to THEIR employer. What is in such wise true of the public master and servant, is equally true of the private master and servant all the world over. \u2014 Charles Dickens , Our Mutual Friend , 1865",
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"a song with vapid lyrics",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Sadly, this didn\u2019t last long as Zayn chose his vapid loyalty to the Bloodline over his lifelong friendship with Sami Zayn. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
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"Think: Tik Tok text quoting fictitious remarks from supporters of fast fashion, designed to dismiss commonly made arguments for fast fashion as ignorant and vapid . \u2014 Marielle Elizabeth, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Ordinarily Hollywood Romanticism tends to be vapid . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"More, still, found the whole uproar to be vapid , if not absurd. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"Back then, Cary\u2019s hanging out with them as an attempt to boost his own profile led to degradation for all involved: These social-media models were shallow and vapid , but Cary, using them while holding them in contempt, was somehow worse. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"Tanya is too pitiable to die in a comedy; Mark is too vapid to go in a drama. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 11 July 2021",
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"Once viewed by the media as a vapid heiress and socialite, Paris Hilton is now having a sort of Parissance in the public sphere. \u2014 Natalie Morin, refinery29.com , 5 May 2021",
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"Were these claims merely vapid that would be bad enough. \u2014 David Robert Grimes, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin vapidus \"(of wine) having lost freshness, flat\"; akin to Latin vappa \"wine that has gone flat\" and perhaps to vapor \"exhalation, steam\" \u2014 more at vapor entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0101-",
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"\u02c8va-p\u0259d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vapid insipid , vapid , flat , jejune , banal , inane mean devoid of qualities that make for spirit and character. insipid implies a lack of sufficient taste or savor to please or interest. an insipid romance with platitudes on every page vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, force, or spirit. an exciting story given a vapid treatment flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest. although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance. a jejune and gassy speech banal stresses the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy. a banal tale of unrequited love inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality. an inane interpretation of the play",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055415",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vapor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a depressed or hysterical nervous condition":[],
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": a foolish or fanciful idea":[],
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": a substance in the gaseous state as distinguished from the liquid or solid state":[],
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": diffused matter (such as smoke or fog) suspended floating in the air and impairing its transparency":[],
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": exhalations of bodily organs (such as the stomach) held to affect the physical or mental condition":[],
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": something unsubstantial or transitory : phantasm":[],
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": to emit vapor":[],
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": to indulge in bragging, blustering, or idle talk":[],
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": to rise or pass off in vapor":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Tom Murphy, ajc , 24 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Tom Murphy, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Matthew Perrone And Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chron , 23 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
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"There is no gradual rise from the floor or coalescence out of vapor . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Both moons are known to have saltwater oceans under their thick icy surfaces and both appear have geysers that send some of that water\u2014as vapor \u2014into space. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Despite what ads tell you, no waterproof shell is completely breathable\u2014blocking water requires some impediments to vapor transfer. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"The work had to be done quickly as water vanished to vapor in the early summer heat. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 19 June 2021",
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"Meanwhile, in a natural process called wicking, that moisture turns to vapor as it is continuously pulled outward from minuscule air spaces between the fibers of the felt, eventually evaporating entirely. \u2014 Emma Wartzman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 5 Nov. 2020",
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"In the fourth, Evers used his veto in an attempt to ensure a tax on vaping products would apply to any device containing fluid and to vapor fluid sold separately. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
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"In the fourth, Evers used his veto in an attempt to ensure a tax on vaping products would apply to any device containing fluid and to vapor fluid sold separately. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
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"But whole body cryotherapy exposes the body for a couple of minutes to vapor that has been supercooled to somewhere between minus 200 and minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit. \u2014 Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times , 2 Jan. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English vapour , borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French vapor, vapour , borrowed from Latin vapor , earlier vap\u014ds \"exhalation, steam, warmth,\" perhaps akin to Lithuanian kv\u00e3pas \"smell, scent\"":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0101-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"boast",
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"brag",
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"bull",
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"crow",
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"gasconade",
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"swagger",
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"vaunt"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102438",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"vaporize":{
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"antonyms":[
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to become vaporized":[],
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": to cause to become dissipated":[],
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": to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor":[],
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": to destroy by or as if by converting into vapor":[
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"a tank vaporized by a shell"
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],
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": vapor sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Heat is used to vaporize the liquid.",
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"Pressure causes the chemical to vaporize .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Instead of firing a continuous beam, weapons would instead fire short but intense pulses rapid enough to vaporize the outer layer of any target. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
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"Which is hardly to say the music will vaporize : A CD release of both albums will follow just a week later, versus the previous month-long window that Evans fans used to have to wait for a wide release of the sets. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The ensuing fireball would vaporize every person and every structure within a half-mile. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"Pearce used a laser to vaporize the zircon, then analyzed its chemical composition. \u2014 Simon Akam, The New Yorker , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"The blast wave typically lasts longer than a conventional explosive and has the ability to vaporize people. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Given the city\u2019s population density, that would instantly vaporize tens of thousands of Americans, with indirect damage killing many more. \u2014 Andrew Follett, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"Much like water vapor that gets cycled around on WASP-121b, these metal clouds may get shoved over to the dayside where the metals vaporize into gases. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"Continue boiling for 1 minute to vaporize the alcohol in the sake. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1803, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"vapor entry 1 + -ize":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0101-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"cream",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"nuke",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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"total",
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083149",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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]
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},
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"vapor lock":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": partial or complete interruption of flow of a fluid (such as fuel in an internal combustion engine) caused by the formation of bubbles of vapor in the feeding system":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"During the nine-day flight, Voyager encountered oil problems, a faulty fuel gauge and finally, yesterday morning, a vapor lock that conked out the rear engine for five minutes. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Dec. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162658"
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},
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"vaporless":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": devoid of vapor":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165810"
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},
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"vapor lamp":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a lamp burning a vapor (as of alcohol)":[],
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": a lamp in which an electric discharge takes place through a metallic vapor \u2014 compare mercury-vapor lamp":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165823"
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"vaporous":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": consisting or characteristic of vapor":[],
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": producing vapors : volatile":[],
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": containing or obscured by vapors : misty":[],
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": ethereal , unsubstantial":[],
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": consisting of or indulging in vaporings":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0101-p(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
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"examples":[
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"Just as striking, though, are the mists that shroud the water line, sometimes ascending in vaporous columns, and the diffused light that streaks the lake\u2019s surface and highlights the trees\u2019 trunks and leaves. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
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"Olsen\u2019s voice was higher and wilder then, occasionally slipping into a kind of vaporous warble. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
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"They were joined by Bergdorf's Linda Fargo, as well as other stylish guests dressed in Simone's romantic, vaporous dresses and oversized hair bows. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 May 2022",
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"And although the city isn\u2019t likely to become real \u2014 financing remains a vaporous notion, and no date has been set for construction \u2014 the plan is at least posturing-on-social-media real. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
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"And, by the way, what is this swirling pool of vaporous mystery into which Royal dumps a body in the opening moments of the series",
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"Its vaporous conclusion, an impossibly quiet parting kiss to sweet memories of yesterday, was sullied by the thud of some dude dropping his phone on the floor. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"There are three Murillo beggar paintings, among them his Flower Girl, from the late 1660s, and the fluffy Virgin of the Rosary, from the late 1670s, done in his vaporous style. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"Earth and sky are clearly distinguished in the typical Jane Kell landscape, but details of both are soft, smeary and almost vaporous . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin vapor\u014dsus \"full of steam,\" from vapor \"steam, vapor entry 1 \" + -\u014dsus -ous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232847"
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"vapors":{
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"definitions":{
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": diffused matter (such as smoke or fog) suspended floating in the air and impairing its transparency":[],
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": a substance in the gaseous state as distinguished from the liquid or solid state":[],
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": something unsubstantial or transitory : phantasm":[],
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": a foolish or fanciful idea":[],
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": exhalations of bodily organs (such as the stomach) held to affect the physical or mental condition":[],
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": a depressed or hysterical nervous condition":[],
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": to rise or pass off in vapor":[],
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": to emit vapor":[],
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": to indulge in bragging, blustering, or idle talk":[]
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"\u02c8v\u0101-p\u0259r"
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"boast",
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"brag",
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"bull",
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"crow",
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"gasconade",
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"swagger",
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"vaunt"
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"examples":[
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"a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Tom Murphy, ajc , 24 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Tom Murphy, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Matthew Perrone And Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chron , 23 June 2022",
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"The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that\u2019s inhaled. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
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"There is no gradual rise from the floor or coalescence out of vapor . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"Both moons are known to have saltwater oceans under their thick icy surfaces and both appear have geysers that send some of that water\u2014as vapor \u2014into space. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Despite what ads tell you, no waterproof shell is completely breathable\u2014blocking water requires some impediments to vapor transfer. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"The work had to be done quickly as water vanished to vapor in the early summer heat. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 19 June 2021",
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"Meanwhile, in a natural process called wicking, that moisture turns to vapor as it is continuously pulled outward from minuscule air spaces between the fibers of the felt, eventually evaporating entirely. \u2014 Emma Wartzman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 5 Nov. 2020",
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"In the fourth, Evers used his veto in an attempt to ensure a tax on vaping products would apply to any device containing fluid and to vapor fluid sold separately. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
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"In the fourth, Evers used his veto in an attempt to ensure a tax on vaping products would apply to any device containing fluid and to vapor fluid sold separately. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
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"But whole body cryotherapy exposes the body for a couple of minutes to vapor that has been supercooled to somewhere between minus 200 and minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit. \u2014 Aaron E. Carroll, New York Times , 2 Jan. 2017"
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"Middle English vapour , borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French vapor, vapour , borrowed from Latin vapor , earlier vap\u014ds \"exhalation, steam, warmth,\" perhaps akin to Lithuanian kv\u00e3pas \"smell, scent\"":"Noun"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233443"
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"vapor barrier":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a layer of material (such as roofing paper or polyethylene film) used to retard or prevent the absorption of moisture into a construction (such as a wall or floor)":[]
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Plastic provides an excellent vapor barrier that helps prevent decomposition of joists and other support structures. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"The downside comes when that promise turns out to be false \u2014 if the buyer moves in only to find out that the roof needs replacing or the bathroom has no vapor barrier and mold is growing. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Water-resistant upgrades include a new interlocking design, foam pads to control pressure behind the panels and a second layer of Henry Blueskin \u2014 a water and vapor barrier . \u2014 Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
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||
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"In 2013, every brick (all 300,000 of them) was removed, a vapor barrier and more insulation were added and then new bricks (replicating the ones used in 1971) were installed. \u2014 Rick Nelson, Star Tribune , 4 June 2021",
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"The exterior walls are reparged and a vapor barrier added. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Star Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
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"The exterior walls are reparged and a vapor barrier added. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Star Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
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||
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"The exterior walls are reparged and a vapor barrier added. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Star Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
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"This will produce a vapor barrier in front of your face but keep the chemicals out of your eyes. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 13 July 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"vaporized":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor":[],
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": to cause to become dissipated":[],
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": to destroy by or as if by converting into vapor":[
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"a tank vaporized by a shell"
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],
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": to become vaporized":[],
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": vapor sense 2":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u0101-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"cream",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"nuke",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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||
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"raze",
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||
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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||
|
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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||
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"total",
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||
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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||
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],
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||
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"antonyms":[
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||
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"build",
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||
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"construct",
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||
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"erect",
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||
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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||
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[
|
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"Heat is used to vaporize the liquid.",
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||
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"Pressure causes the chemical to vaporize .",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Instead of firing a continuous beam, weapons would instead fire short but intense pulses rapid enough to vaporize the outer layer of any target. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Which is hardly to say the music will vaporize : A CD release of both albums will follow just a week later, versus the previous month-long window that Evans fans used to have to wait for a wide release of the sets. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The ensuing fireball would vaporize every person and every structure within a half-mile. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Pearce used a laser to vaporize the zircon, then analyzed its chemical composition. \u2014 Simon Akam, The New Yorker , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The blast wave typically lasts longer than a conventional explosive and has the ability to vaporize people. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Given the city\u2019s population density, that would instantly vaporize tens of thousands of Americans, with indirect damage killing many more. \u2014 Andrew Follett, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Much like water vapor that gets cycled around on WASP-121b, these metal clouds may get shoved over to the dayside where the metals vaporize into gases. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Continue boiling for 1 minute to vaporize the alcohol in the sake. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"vapor entry 1 + -ize":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
||
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},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234542"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vapography":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": the process of obtaining a developable image by permitting a sensitive film or plate to remain in contact with a substance (as zinc or printer's ink) that gives off vapors or emanations affecting it without exposure to light":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"v\u0101\u02c8p\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"vapo- + -graphy":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003554"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vapor pressure":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": the pressure exerted by a vapor that is in equilibrium with its solid or liquid form":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In addition, a phenomenon called vapor pressure deficit is increasing, which means that the warming atmosphere is wicking more water out of the snow, the land, trees, rivers, and streams. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 25 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Previous research found that climate change is the main driver behind a sharp rise in vapor pressure deficit in the Western U.S. over the last several decades. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fast-spreading wildfires become more likely as temperatures rise because a warmer atmosphere can draw more moisture from plants and soils, as measured by a metric called the vapor pressure deficit. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rising summer and autumn temperatures, as well as increasing vapor pressure deficits and increasing precipitation whiplash in some parts of the West, have been repeatedly linked to climate change. \u2014 Daniel Swain, Outside Online , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The vapor pressure deficit over a large area of the western U.S. that day was the highest value measured over the last 40 years, Fu said. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The vapor pressure deficit, a metric that indicates how intensely a fire can burn, is also at record high levels. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Researchers derived historical estimates for Olympic wet-bulb globe temperatures (WBGT), using data for air temperature and vapor pressure and making assumptions for other factors, such as sunlight and wind. \u2014 Andrew Mollica, WSJ , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Of interest in the ethanol blending discussion, gasoline must meet a specific requirement called the Reid vapor pressure (RVP). \u2014 Robert Rapier, Forbes , 4 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040610"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vapo-dusting":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a method of dispersing insecticides in which the insecticide solution is broken up into fine particles and carried to the foliage in an air stream":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0101p\u014d+\u02cc-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"vapo- + dusting , gerund of dust":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044723"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vaporings":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0101-p(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"circa 1630, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053500"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vapor jacket":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a closed glass or metal case surrounding a bulb or other apparatus and often containing a vapor at a known temperature":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060504"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vapor-pressure thermometer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a thermometer in which the variable saturated vapor pressure of a volatile liquid is used as a measure of the temperature and which thus has the advantage over some other types of thermometers of being free from errors due to bulb expansion":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071641"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vapor density":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": the relative density of a gas or vapor as compared with some specific standard (as hydrogen)":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071951"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"vaporable":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": that can be vaporized : vaporizable":[]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
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|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
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"Middle English, from Medieval Latin vaporabilis , from Latin vaporare to steam (from vapor steam, vapor) + -abilis -able":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072502"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vaporish":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adjective",
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": resembling or suggestive of vapor":[],
|
||
|
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": given to fits of the vapors":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8v\u0101-p(\u0259-)rish"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
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"vapor entry 1 + -ish":""
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"circa 1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101221"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"vaporizer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
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": one that vaporizes : such as":[],
|
||
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": atomizer":[],
|
||
|
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": a device for converting water or a medicated liquid into a vapor for inhalation":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0101-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012b-z\u0259r"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Delta is a powerful and portable vaporizer that is ideal for on-the-go usage. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
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"Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University\u2019s Department of Forensic Science analyzed the contents of 241 nicotine and cannabis vaporizer products found on the market over the past few years. \u2014 Chris Roberts, Forbes , 30 Dec. 2021",
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"Similarly, vaporizer pens have a concerning amount of carcinogens and should be avoided. \u2014 Outside Online , 6 July 2021",
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"Disposable e-cigs and nicotine vaporizer pens but none with refillable chambers containing visible liquid. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 24 Dec. 2021",
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"Since studies of e-cigarettes revealed heavy metal uptake, similar findings from structurally similar cannabis vaporizer devices shouldn\u2019t be too surprising. \u2014 Chris Roberts, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"The researchers obtained 13 different brands of vaporizer cartridges from a legal retailer in Washington state. \u2014 Chris Roberts, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"One raffle will offer a Puffco Peak vaporizer for concentrates. \u2014 Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"One of the best humidifiers of 2021, this Crane humidifier is a kind of vaporizer \u2014 which boils water before releasing it into the air as steam. \u2014 Ambar Pardilla, NBC News , 8 Mar. 2021"
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": vapor":[
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"International Scientific Vocabulary vapori- + -meter ; originally formed in German":""
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": producing vapor : tending to pass or to cause to pass into vapor : vaporous":[]
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"vapori- + -fic":""
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185925"
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},
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"vapidity":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being vapid":[],
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": something vapid":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"va-\u02c8pi-d\u0259-t\u0113",
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"v\u0101-",
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"v\u0259-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
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"For many others, the Kardashians have come to represent late capitalist greed, influencer vapidity and cultural appropriation. \u2014 Mj Corey, refinery29.com , 9 May 2022",
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||
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"Barrett displayed a vapidity meant to further comment on the Court\u2019s out-of-touch stance. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
|
||
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"The part of Tom Grunick seemed a descendant of affable buffoon Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, but James L. Brooks\u2019 nuanced writing and Hurt\u2019s performance gave surprising depths to his vapidity . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
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||
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"His hot takes on contemporary culture \u2014 the vapidity of social media, the low-grade despair and myopia of midlife ennui \u2014 often feel like soft targets, though at least a few jabs are sharp enough to land. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
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"Roman is purely a play-actor, vaguely echoing his brother\u2019s words without co-signing them, which is an indicator both of his own vapidity and his sense of self-preservation. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
||
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"His previous film, Richard Jewell, came close, with its downbeat, melancholic reflection on the vapidity of police authority. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 23 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Though the vapidity of our anti-beef crusaders may be unusual, debates over meat consumption have actually been present for most of history. \u2014 Grant Addison, Washington Examiner , 29 Apr. 2021",
|
||
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"How to square its humor, idiosyncrasy, and spigot of diverting trivia with its toxicity, vapidity , and posturing"
|
||
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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||
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"vapid + -ity":""
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||
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},
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||
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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||
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},
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191153"
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||
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},
|
||
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"vaporetto":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":{
|
||
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": a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice, Italy":[]
|
||
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},
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02ccv\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02c8re-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Anyone who has been on a lumbering Venice vaporetto will have noticed these kids zooming across the water in foamy, curving circuits, going nowhere fast and then some, for the sheer, heart-quickening joy of it. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some choose to take a vaporetto (or water taxi) to the lagoon island of Mazzorbo, a restful break from the buzz of Venice proper. \u2014 Tom Marchant, Harper's BAZAAR , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"While in Venice, Bey and Jay lived the glamorous life, snapping photos while riding in a vaporetto boat. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"From there, people must take the vaporetto across the Grand Canal (free for wheelchair users) to San Samuele, where the route continues across the Ponte dei Frati, connecting the squares of Santo Stefano and Sant'Angelo. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 17 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Visitors queue in their hundreds for the vaporetto and onboard the idea of social distancing is laughable. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The vaporetto is the public transit system in the city and operates on 20 different lines all through town. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 6 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Another will go on Giudecca island, just off the Palanca vaporetto stop, a residential area increasingly popular with visitors. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 17 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The basilica of Santa Maria della Salute and the Punta della Dogana museum are just two of the dozens of magnificent buildings lining the canal, in addition to the constant maritime energy of gondolas, water taxis and vaporetto water buses. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 15 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from Italian, diminutive of vapore \"steamboat,\" short for battello a vapore , borrowed from French bateau \u00e0 vapeur \"steamboat\"":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
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|
||
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
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},
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193205"
|
||
|
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},
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||
|
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||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor":[],
|
||
|
|
": to cause to become dissipated":[],
|
||
|
|
": to destroy by or as if by converting into vapor":[
|
||
|
|
"a tank vaporized by a shell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to become vaporized":[],
|
||
|
|
": vapor sense 2":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0101-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"annihilate",
|
||
|
|
"cream",
|
||
|
|
"decimate",
|
||
|
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
|
"desolate",
|
||
|
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
|
"devastate",
|
||
|
|
"do in",
|
||
|
|
"extinguish",
|
||
|
|
"nuke",
|
||
|
|
"pull down",
|
||
|
|
"pulverize",
|
||
|
|
"raze",
|
||
|
|
"rub out",
|
||
|
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
|
"shatter",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"tear down",
|
||
|
|
"total",
|
||
|
|
"waste",
|
||
|
|
"wrack",
|
||
|
|
"wreck"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"build",
|
||
|
|
"construct",
|
||
|
|
"erect",
|
||
|
|
"put up",
|
||
|
|
"raise",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"set up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Heat is used to vaporize the liquid.",
|
||
|
|
"Pressure causes the chemical to vaporize .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Instead of firing a continuous beam, weapons would instead fire short but intense pulses rapid enough to vaporize the outer layer of any target. \u2014 David Hambling, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Which is hardly to say the music will vaporize : A CD release of both albums will follow just a week later, versus the previous month-long window that Evans fans used to have to wait for a wide release of the sets. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The ensuing fireball would vaporize every person and every structure within a half-mile. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Pearce used a laser to vaporize the zircon, then analyzed its chemical composition. \u2014 Simon Akam, The New Yorker , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The blast wave typically lasts longer than a conventional explosive and has the ability to vaporize people. \u2014 Fox News , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Given the city\u2019s population density, that would instantly vaporize tens of thousands of Americans, with indirect damage killing many more. \u2014 Andrew Follett, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Much like water vapor that gets cycled around on WASP-121b, these metal clouds may get shoved over to the dayside where the metals vaporize into gases. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Continue boiling for 1 minute to vaporize the alcohol in the sake. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"vapor entry 1 + -ize":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213628"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"vape":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device (such as an electronic cigarette ) that heats up and vaporizes a liquid or solid":[
|
||
|
|
"This electronic cigarette \u2026 contains a small reservoir of liquid nicotine solution that is vaporized to form an aerosol mist. The user \" vapes ,\" or puffs on the vapor, to get a hit of the addictive nicotine \u2026",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 John Tierney",
|
||
|
|
"When a person tokes, eats or vapes cannabis, a wave of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, washes into the brain.",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 Laura Sanders"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8v\u0101p"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Last year\u2019s survey showed Juul was the fourth most popular e-cigarette among high schoolers who regularly vape . \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"About three out of five patients continued to vape or smoke despite their lung injury and the associated health impacts, Blagev and her colleagues found. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Last year's survey showed Juul was the fourth most popular e-cigarette among high schoolers who regularly vape . \u2014 Matthew Perrone, ajc , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Last year's survey showed Juul was the fourth most popular e-cigarette among high schoolers who regularly vape . \u2014 Matthew Perrone, Chron , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Landlords can prohibit their tenants from consuming weed of any kind on their property, the Asbury Park Press writes, though in recent years, some have forbid smoking while allowing tenants to vape or take edibles. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While smoking has decreased across the country, there are concerns that vaping has increased, and Johnson noted that research has shown people who vape are more likely to smoke cigarettes in the future. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, healthy men aged 20 and older who vaped nicotine daily were more than twice as likely to deal with erectile dysfunction (ED) than those who don't vape . \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Research suggests most young people who vape already intend to quit. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Fortune , 17 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"short for vapor entry 1 , in reference to the aerosol produced by the cigarette, by analogy with smoke entry 2":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
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"1999, in the meaning defined above":""
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||
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215931"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"vaporability":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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|
||
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|
],
|
||
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": the quality of being vaporable":[]
|
||
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||
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||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224431"
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||
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}
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