powderize

verb

1. become powder or dust

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When it was blown up, the building powderized

• Syn: ↑pulverize, ↑pulverise, ↑powderise

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pulverisation (for: ↑pulverise), ↑pulverization (for: ↑pulverize)

• Hypernyms: ↑disintegrate

• Verb Group: ↑powderise, ↑powder, ↑pulverize, ↑pulverise

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Something ——s

2. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

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pulverize the grains

• Syn: ↑powderise, ↑powder, ↑pulverize, ↑pulverise

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pulverisation (for: ↑pulverise), ↑pulverization (for: ↑pulverize), ↑powder (for: ↑powder), ↑powder

• Hypernyms: ↑disintegrate

• Verb Group: ↑pulverize, ↑pulverise, ↑powderise

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something