Meanings
present singular third person dematerializes · participle present dematerializing · participle past dematerialized · past dematerialized · alternative dematerialise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSintransitiveTo disappear by becoming immaterial.
Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.
2002, Piers Anthony, Ogre, Ogre, page 91 more example
"So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there."
2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 15 - BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.
2009, Etson White, Revelation of God, page 161 - BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo 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 […]
2013, Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management
Synonyms & antonyms
disappear
verbbecome immaterial; disappear
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishmaterial
- Englishmaterialize
- Englishdematerialize
From de- + materialize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish dematerialisere
- dematerialisere(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
French se dématérialiser, dématérialiser
- se dématérialiser(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial
- dématérialiser(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
German auflösen
- auflösen(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
Italian smaterializzarsi, smaterializzare
- smaterializzarsi(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial
- smaterializzare(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
Polish dematerializować się, zdematerializować się
- dematerializować się(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial
- zdematerializować się(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial
- dematerializować(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
- zdematerializować(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
Swedish dematerialisera, avmaterialisera
- dematerialisera(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
- avmaterialisera(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
Ukrainian дематеріалізува́тися, дематеріалізува́ти
- дематеріалізува́тися (dematerializuvátysja)(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial
- дематеріалізува́ти (dematerializuváty)(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial
Cite this entry
dematerialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematerialize
“dematerialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematerialize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dematerialize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dematerialize.
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