to sublimate
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to vaporize and then immediately condense again into a solid form
- The iodine crystals sublimated and reformed on the cooler surface.
- Camphor sublimates when gently heated.
- The dry ice sublimates, forming vapor that crystallized nearby.
- During the process, the compound sublimated onto the upper flask wall.
- The scientist collected the purified material that had sublimated.
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to make something more refined or elevated
- The artist sublimated raw emotion into elegant form.
- Her grief was sublimated into poetry.
- The philosopher tried to sublimate instinct into intellect.
- He sublimated his anger into disciplined focus.
- The film sublimates brutality into beauty.
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to cause a solid to change directly into a gas without passing through the liquid phase
- Heat will sublimate the dry ice directly into a gas.
- We sublimated the iodine sample under vacuum.
- Heat sublimates dry ice into carbon dioxide gas.
- The heat lamp sublimated the solid dye into vapor.
- The intense sunlight sublimated the frost on the mountain peaks.
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