Antonyms for materialize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz

Phonetic Transcription : məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz

Definition of materialize

Origin : 1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize. Meaning "appear in bodily form" is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing.

verb come into being

Example sentences :

Is that the room where he's expected to materialize with his machine?
Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel

He made his camp and bided the arrival of the cattle; but that arrival did not materialize.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

For some reason, however, the collaborated volume did not materialize.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

But, somehow, these literary evenings never did materialize.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

A ghost could not materialize and kidnap a girl of flesh and blood.
Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings

I could set the switches at my belt to materialize me into New York.
Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings

If it should fail to materialize—as had been known—what then?
Extract from : « The Bounty of the Chesapeake » by James Wharton

Why could not the former "materialize" as well as the latter?
Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner

An idol, however, is the abode of a god—the image into which a deity may materialize.
Extract from : « The Myths of the North American Indians » by Lewis Spence

So the clean sweep that the Giants had been hoping for did not materialize.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick

Synonyms for materialize

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