volatilize
verb
volatilize is a verb meaning “To make volatile; to cause to evaporate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-A-T-I-L-I-Z-E, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does volatilize mean?
verb
- 1
To make volatile; to cause to evaporate.
- 2
To make insubstantial; to dissipate.
- 3
To become volatile; to evaporate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of volatilize
- volatilizes present, singular, he/she/it
- volatilizing participle, present
- volatilized participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volatilize?
Volatilize appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does volatilize come from?
From volatile + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).