Pulverize
['pʌlvəraɪz] or ['pʌlvə'raɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.
Editor: Sonya
Examples
- The coloring substances are pulverized and the mixture ground. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Special provision was also made for injecting streams of pulverized coal in such manner as to create the largely extended zone of combustion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish white, makes reddish stone color. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It is whitened by passage through filters of finely pulverized charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- After the required heat has been reached, the forgings are allowed to either cool in the air, be covered with pulverized mica, or quenched in a special solution, as the case may require. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some fine, slight fingers have a wondrous knack at pulverizing a man's brittle pride. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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