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PULVERIZE
powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise
(verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; “pulverize the grains”
powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise
(verb) become powder or dust; “When it was blown up, the building powderized”
demolish, pulverize, pulverise
(verb) destroy completely; “the wrecking ball demolished the building”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pulverize (third-person singular simple present pulverizes, present participle pulverizing, simple past and past participle pulverized)
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of pulverise
Source: Wiktionary
Pul"ver*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulverized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing.] Etym: [F. pulvériser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder.]
Definition: To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.
Pul"ver*ize, v. i.
Definition: To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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