as in disappears
to cease to be visible
by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated
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Let the potatoes and garlic stand in the pot for 1 minute, shaking the pan occasionally, until the liquid evaporates.
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Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
When temperatures rise, more water evaporates from Earth’s surface and its oceans.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Put simply, hotter water evaporates more readily, and rising columns of warm, moist air from that evaporation are ultimately what drive hurricanes and their rapid intensification.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Evaporates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporates. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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