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Pulverize   /pˈəlvərˌaɪz/   Listen
Pulverize

verb
(past & past part. pulverized; pres. part. pulverizing)
1.
Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.  Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise.
2.
Destroy completely.  Synonyms: demolish, pulverise.  "Demolish your enemies" , "Pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
3.
Become powder or dust.  Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverise.






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"Pulverize" Quotes from Famous Books



... is strengthened, refined, made more elastic or more resistant, and adapted to the use each artisan dreams of. If every blow should fracture it, if every furnace should burn the life out of it, if every roller should pulverize it, of what use would it be? It has that virtue, those qualities that withstand all; that draw profit from every test, and come out triumphant in the end. In the iron the qualities are, in the main, ...
— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden

... of fresh sample. Dry and pulverize and note extreme fineness of the particles by rubbing between the fingers (an ounce of clay contains about four and one half million particles). Clay is made from crushed rocks, chiefly feldspars. Mix clay with a little water and note sticky character. Compare with sand in this ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study • Ontario Ministry of Education



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