The superheated particles turn to glass inside the engine and stop it dead.

BBC: Flying through volcanic ash clouds

He had not forgotten his time at the citadel, but his memory was heavily veiled by his final days there and the days afterward, his arduous trek, the burrs and splinters of glass stinging his paws, the dense, watery taste of the bloated dead.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

Each is accented with Persian carpets, glass-beaded chandeliers, and Jacuzzis equipped with urns full of bath salts from the Dead Sea, as well as a welcome pitcher of lemonade sweetened with rose water.

NPR: Beirut: Hotel With Oriental Opulence, French Accent