verb
- Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
- usage: "pulverize the grains"
- Destroy completely.
- usage: "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
- Become powder or dust.
- usage: "When it was blown up, the building powderized"
adjective
- Consisting of fine particles.
- usage: "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
- synonyms: powdered, powdery, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained
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