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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]:
pulverized
adj : consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery
snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated
sugar by grinding" [syn: {powdered}, {powdery}, {small-grained},
{fine-grained}]
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