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POWDERIZE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
Example:
pulverize the grains
Synonyms:
powder; powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "powderize" is one way to...):
disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)
Verb group:
powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize (become powder or dust)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
powder (a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become powder or dust
Example:
When it was blown up, the building powderized
Synonyms:
powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "powderize" is one way to...):
disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)
Verb group:
powder; powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize (make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
