vaporize

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When small pieces of space debris collide, they blow up into tiny fragments, some of which vaporize into a charged gas due to the heat generated by the impact.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

Earlier researchers “didn’t think a lot about what happens to things that vaporize during reentry. Of course they can’t disappear. They’ve got to go somewhere,” Murphy says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

When the x-rays hit and vaporize a diamond capsule, the material blasts outward and—thanks to Isaac Newton’s dictum that every action has an equal and opposite reaction—drives the fuel toward the capsule’s center.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 1, 2023

As the kettle heats further, chemicals with higher boiling points vaporize and then are condensed and collected.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

Riding full gallop on a beast that could vaporize at any moment made her a bit nervous.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan