dematerialize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English material Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English materialize English dematerialize From de- + materialize.

1. To disappear by becoming immaterial.

   “Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.”

   “"So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."”

2. To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.

   “Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.”

3. To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).

   “Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book […]”