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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, v. i.
To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as the stone
pulverizes easily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulverized}; p.
pr & vb n. {Pulverizing}.] [F. pulv['e]riser, L.
pulverizare fr pulvis dust, powder. See {Powder}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pulverize
v 1: make into a powder by breaking up "pulverize the grains"
[syn: {powderize}]
2: reduce to powder; "powderize the herb" [syn: {powder}, {powderize}]
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