PULVERIZE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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 pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.

2.
v.

To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.