What is the meaning of vaporize?

verb

• Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting.
  • usage: "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
  • synonyms: zap
• Turn into gas.
  • usage: "The substance gasified"
  • synonyms: gasify, vaporise, aerify
• Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.
  • usage: "evaporate milk"
  • synonyms: evaporate, vaporise
• Decrease rapidly and disappear.
  • usage: "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
  • synonyms: vanish, fly