Pulverization: alternatives and connections

The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the na…

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The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

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To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.

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Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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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 pulve…

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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 pulve…

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To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

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