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UNSUBSTANTIALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Render immaterial or incorporeal

Synonyms:

immaterialise; immaterialize; unsubstantialise; unsubstantialize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "unsubstantialize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unsubstantialize"):

disincarnate (make immaterial; remove the real essence of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)

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