dematerialize

Verb

dematerialize (third-person singular simple present dematerializes, present participle dematerializing, simple past and past participle dematerialized)

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To 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 9
   • "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
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) 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.2009, Etson White, Revelation of God, page 161
3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) 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 […]2013, Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management