1. present participle of dematerialize; to cause to lose material form or substance; to make immaterial or non-physical
Usage: often used in science fiction, philosophy, or spiritual contexts
2. to reduce or eliminate the use of physical materials or documents; to convert to digital or non-physical form
Usage: modern business and technology usage

Examples

• The science fiction film showed the spaceship dematerializing as it entered the wormhole.
• Companies are dematerializing their supply chains by moving to cloud-based systems.
• The magician created an illusion of the rabbit dematerializing in a puff of smoke.
• By dematerializing paper records, the hospital reduced storage costs significantly.
• The ghost appeared to be dematerializing as the sun rose.
• Digital transformation is dematerializing traditional business processes.