1. to redirect unacceptable impulses or emotions into socially acceptable activities
Usage: psychology
2. to change directly from a solid to a gas without becoming liquid
Usage: chemistry
3. to elevate or refine something to a higher or purer state
Usage: formal

1. a substance produced by sublimation
Usage: chemistry

Examples

• She learned to sublimate her anger into creative writing.
• The therapist helped him sublimate his aggressive tendencies through sports.
• Dry ice sublimates directly from solid to gas at room temperature.
• The chemist observed the iodine sublimate in the heated flask.
• The artist sought to sublimate raw emotion into beautiful poetry.
• Camphor sublimates slowly, releasing its distinctive odor.
• The white sublimate formed on the cool surface of the container.