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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dematerialize

· De·ma·te·ri·al·ize · IPA /ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/
01 v. t. To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.
  1. 1.
    To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.
    Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything which . . . has distinguished matter.” Milman.