pulverized
past simple and past participle ofpulverize
pulverize
verb[T]
(UKusuallypulverise)uk/ˈpʌl.vər.aɪz/us/ˈpʌl.və.raɪz/topressorcrushsomething until itbecomespowderor asoftmass:
pulverizedcoal/bones
informal
todefeatsomeoneeasily
Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- constriction
- crush
- depress
- gnashyourteethidiom
- ground
- mill
- noncompressible
- pinch
- pound
- presser
- pulp
- pulverization
- scrunch
- snap
- tamp
- unmilled
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Rock samples werepulverizedusing a heavy-duty hydraulic rock splitter, jaw crusher and swing mill.
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The interior of the tube was filled with loosely packedpulverizedcork, thereby eliminating natural convection heat transfer to the interior.
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Prior to geochemical analyses, all samples were chipped andpulverized(200 mesh).
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In the absence of gravel deposits, roads outside the shell ridge area are often surfaced withpulverizedshell material.
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The laserpulverizedthe target into a powder of fine fragments 0.1 mm before significant melting or vaporization could occur.
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The result of this dissolution was understood aspulverizedmetal and a mixture based on the interlocking of the absorbing acid and the dissolved substance.
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Accordingly, the chemical substance first referred to as "salt of iron" would now be called a solidified or "coagulated dissolution," consisting of thepulverizedmetal and the acid.
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The laser interactionpulverizedthis meteorite sample.
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Air dry seeds were finelypulverizedto pass a nylon sieve with 0.2-mm diameter pores.
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Howard was, however, open to the use of some naturally occurring mineral sources such aspulverizedrocks8,17.
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Eightpulverizedcoal-fired steam generators were built in phases between 1973 and 1978.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The logical development was to install a specially designed combustion chamber at the base of the preheater, into whichpulverizedcoal is injected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The attacks released dense clouds of dust containingpulverizedcement, glass fibers, asbestos, and other airborne contaminants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These new laundry products originally were simplypulverizedsoap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most were homemade, with chalk,pulverizedbrick, or salt as ingredients.
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