annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something

boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

clouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky

phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

smoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"