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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, verb (used with an object) [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) 2.0 [wn]:
pulverized
adjective: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding" [syn: {powdered}, {powdery}, {pulverised}, {small-grained}, {fine-grained}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "pulverized": branny, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crushed, detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent, farinaceous, fine, flaky, floury, furfuraceous, gone to dust, granular, grated, ground, impalpable, levigated, mealy, milled, pestled, powdered, powdery, pulverant, pulverous, pulverulent, reduced to powder, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, sharded, shredded, splintery, triturated
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