Materialize
Materialize verb - To come into existence.
Usage example: the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize
Vanish is an antonym for materialize.
Vanish
Vanish verb - To cease to be visible.
Usage example: the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
Materialize is an antonym for vanish.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The ships you watch are far too small for sustained zee voyages but hail from ports all over the known Zee, including some ports that are weeks worth of travel away.... Sometimes they vanish or materialize when you aren't looking.
Source: Characters / Sunless Sea - He can vanish and materialize himself elsewhere and all that, but when someone touches him feels solid like a normal human being.
Source: Oxymoronic Being -
Dilating Door: Ancient Vanu facilities in the caverns feature large, round doors which vanish when approached, then re-materialize a few seconds later.
Source: Video Game / PlanetSide
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