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Pulverised

adjective
1.
Consisting of fine particles.  Synonyms: fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained.  "Powdery snow" , "Pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"


Pulverise

verb
1.
Destroy completely.  Synonyms: demolish, pulverize.  "Demolish your enemies" , "Pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
2.
Become powder or dust.  Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverize.
3.
Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.  Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverize.





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"Pulverised" Quotes from Famous Books



... susceptible to explosions by influence. For instance, a torpedo, even placed at a long distance, may explode a line of torpedoes charged with gun-cotton. The velocity of the propagation of the explosion in metallic tubes filled with pulverised gun-cotton has been found to be from 5,000 to 6,000 mms. per second in tin tubes, and 4,000 in leaden ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford


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