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Sublime (Verb)

Vaporize and then condense right back again.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Water in the engine sublimes as the heat rises, turning straight into water vapor and then condensing back to liquid upon cooling.
Heated particles sublime in the intense vacuum, recondensing instantly on nearby surfaces due to their volatility.
Under certain laboratory conditions, the metal salts sublime rapidly before re-depositing on cooler surfaces of the reaction chamber.
Fragile molecules begin to sublime and recompose, caught in an endless cycle of thermal transition and recondensation within the test site.
In response to intense heat, dry ice sublimes, its frozen crystals turning immediately into vapor that then condenses back into carbon dioxide droplets nearby.

Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

At room temperature, dry ice will sublime into carbon dioxide gas.
As iodine crystals are heated, they begin to sublime releasing a purple vapor.
The metal block sublimes under high pressure in a high-vacuum chamber.
Some salts sublime when heated in a laboratory settings to extract certain compounds.
Freezing temperatures and high pressure help block the compound sublimate from its solid into a gas state.