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Adjective: volatilised  'vó-lu-tu,lIzd
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: volatilized)
  1. Converted into a gas or vapour
    - gasified, vaporized, vapourised [Brit], volatilized, vaporised [Brit]
Verb: volatilise  'vó-lu-tu,lIz [N. Amer], 'vó-lu-tu,lIz or vu'la-tu,lIz [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: volatilize)
  1. (chemistry) make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapour
    "The tendency of a compound to volatilise will rise proportionately with its vapour pressure";
    - volatilize

See also: gaseous

Type of: alter, change, modify

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