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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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