phantomize

Verb

1. To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
   • Do not phantomize the Redeemer when you want him in very deed. - 1883, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Sermons of Rev. C. H. Spurgeon of London, page 488:
2. To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.