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Verb
S:
(v)
powderize
,
pulverize
,
pulverise
,
powderise
(become powder or dust)
"When it was blown up, the building powderized"
S:
(v)
powderize
,
powderise
,
powder
,
pulverize
,
pulverise
(make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust)
"pulverize the grains"
verb group
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
disintegrate
(break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)
"The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
powder
[Related to:
powderize
,
powder
] (a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized)
derivationally related form
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synset
W:
(n)
pulverization
[Related to:
pulverize
] (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)
W:
(n)
pulverisation
[Related to:
pulverise
] (the act of grinding to a powder or dust)
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