2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pulverize  \Pul"ver*ize\,  v.  t.  [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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pulverized 
  adj  :  consisting  of  fine  particles;  "powdered  cellulose";  "powdery 
  snow";  "pulverized  sugar  is  prepared  from  granulated 
  sugar  by  grinding"  [syn:  {powdered},  {powdery},  {small-grained}, 
  {fine-grained}] 

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