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PULVERIZE

\pˈʌlvəɹˌa͡ɪz], \pˈʌlvəɹˌa‍ɪz], \p_ˈʌ_l_v_ə_ɹ_ˌaɪ_z]\

Definitions of PULVERIZE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To reduce or be reduced to powder by crushing, grinding, etc.
Pulverizer.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To reduce to a powder.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To convert a solid to a powder by crushing.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

To reduce to dust or fine powder.
PULVERIZATION.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To reduce to fine powder.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To reduce to fine powder.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To reduce or become reduced to powder; to crush. pulverise.
Pulverization or pulverisation.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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