Thesaurus: pulverize

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
3. v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
4. v. destroy completely
5. v. become powder or dust
6. 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. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
7. To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, orthe like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding orbeating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must bepursued.
8. v:100 v make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust v destroy completely v become powder or dust