pulverization

Noun

Meaning

The action of reducing to dust or powder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mill powder grind pulverisation factory crushing grinding attenuation disintegration milling abrasion atomization drudgery contusion maceration

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Antonyms

unemployment

Hypernyms

solid crush annihilation compaction crunch obliteration

Phrases with the word

bone pulverization

Examples

I am deeply moved if I see one man suffering and would risk my life for him. Then I talk impersonally about the possible pulverization of our big cities, with a hundred million dead. I am unable to multiply one man's suffering by a hundred million. Albert Szent-Györgyi

Close letter words and terms

pulverised pulveriser pulverizable pulverize pulverize into fine particles pulverized