glassify

  1. Verb.  to convert a (silica-bearing) material to a glasslike substance by applying heat.
  2. Verb.  to convert sand or soil (of a particular geographic area) to a glasslike state using the heat from a thermonuclear detonation.
  3. Verb.  to convert radioactive waste into a glasslike substance for long-term storage.

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