Melt and Vitrify

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Melt verb - To cease to be visible.

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Vitrify is an antonym for melt.

Nearby Words: melted, melting, meltable

Vitrify verb - Change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat.

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Melt is an antonym for vitrify in topics: harden, make or become solid.

Nearby Words: vitrified, vitrification, vitrifying

A term frequently used in relation to this trope is "glassing," which originally referred to the bombardment being intense enough to cause the soil to vitrify, or melt into volcanic glass.

Source: Orbital Bombardment

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