PULVERIZED

powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained

(adjective) consisting of fine particles; “powdered cellulose”; “powdery snow”; “pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

pulverized

simple past tense and past participle of pulverize

Source: Wiktionary


PULVERIZE

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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SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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