De`ma·te'ri·al·ize transitive verb To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics. « Dematerializing matter by stripping it of everything which . . . has distinguished matter.» Milman. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/31
dematerialize, dematerialise (British); dematerialization 1. To disappear, or to cause something to disappear. 2. To deprive of or to lose apparent physical substance; to make or become immaterial. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4294/