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Synonyms for sublimate

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Synonyms for sublimate

the product of vaporization of a solid

direct energy or urges into useful activities

make more subtle or refined

remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

vaporize and then condense right back again

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made pure

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One major reason for this decision was that it sublimates at 140[degrees]F (60[degrees]C), resulting in relatively high sublimation rates at lower temperatures.
One of the chief challenges with incineration is that arsenic sublimates. In other words, at relatively low temperatures, arsenic goes from a solid directly to a gaseous state.
Herbert and Wroth, on the other hand, are recognizably indebted to Sidney's example as a poet and humanist, and their Petrarchism sublimates, rather than celebrates, erotic desire" (231-32).
Lola sublimates her pain over her empty life in pining for Sheba, her lost dog.
The sunlight sublimates the carbon monoxide, producing a jet of gas and dust headed toward the sun, Senay and Jewitt assert.
Although the tail is too faint for spectroscopic measurements, Hsieh and Jewitt infer from the dust's velocity and the long duration of activity that the material is ejected when subsurface water ice sublimates, that is, turns directly from solid to gas.