pulverization
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pul·ver·ize
(pŭl′və-rīz′)v. pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing, pul·ver·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. To overwhelm or defeat utterly: The visitors pulverized the home team.
v.intr.
To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.
[Middle English pulverizen, from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulver-, dust.]
pul′ver·iz′a·ble adj.
pul′ver·i·za′tion (-vər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
pul′ver·iz′er n.
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Noun | 1. | pulverization - a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized solid - matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
2. | pulverization - the act of grinding to a powder or dust | |
3. | pulverization - annihilation by pulverizing something annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something |
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Translations
rozmělňování
pulverisering
szétzúzás
mölun
rozdrvenierozomletie
ezmeöğütme
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pulverization
n → Pulverisierung f
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pulverize,
pulverise
(ˈpalvəraiz) verb to make or crush into dust or powder.
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