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Meanings of pulverisation in English

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The act of grinding to a powder or dust.

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        Examples for "powder"
        Examples for "powder"
        1
        Groceries often sent home include cooking oil, sugar, rice, and washing powder.
        The South African
        2
        The stranger drew the trigger, and the powder flashed in the pan.
        The Ruby of Kishmoor
        3
        She needed to change out of work clothes and powder her cheeks.
        Solomon's oak: a novel
        4
        Should be some good powder skiing tomorrow, he said, parroting my enthusiasm.
        Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
        5
        Ask the rabble which they want: a bitter yellow powder or war.
        The brazen gambit
        1
        She fixes problems: not run-of-the-mill ones, but problems on a colossal scale.
        The Guardian
        2
        Well; so God was everywhere forgotten-inthe fields and in the mill.
        The History of David Grieve
        3
        The end would have come quickly without the mill, without the power.
        Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
        4
        The change in him was even greater than in the mill itself.
        Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
        5
        In the background the road through the ravine with mill-stream and footbridge.
        The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
        1
        They grind their points; they stir poison; they swarm in the streets.
        Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
        2
        The 'two days before payday' grind would be easier, if not gone.
        Radio NZ
        3
        The walnut-crusher shifts gear into a final grind-into-mush setting: Capital Laundry Services?
        Equoid
        4
        Gottta love a man who knows the value of a good grind.
        Love, life and linguine
        5
        The mills of the gods in the Interior Department grind very slowly.
        The Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel Chief
        1
        Consequently the pulverization of rocks goes on most rapidly in dry-farm districts.
        Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low ...
        2
        The starch obtained from the root of an American plant by pulverization.
        A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events ...
        3
        Specific risk for pre- and near-postpubescent adolescents: skeletal growth spurts may cause irreparable bone pulverization.
        The Fall of Reach
        4
        They should be dried under cover and hermetically closed up in sacks or other vessels to prevent untimely pulverization.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
        5
        Clays by fire are deprived of their coherent quality, which cannot be restored to them by pulverization, nor by humectation.
        The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
        Usage of pulverisation in English
        1
        As little actual dust as possible should be made during pulverisation.
        Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use / A Practica...
        2
        Heinzman rubbed his thumb and forefinger together and wafted the imaginary pulverisation away.
        The Riverman
        3
        In the rainbow and parrot fish they are highly specialised, otherwise the pulverisation of the hard shell of molluscs would be impossible.
        The Confessions of a Beachcomber
        4
        Already desperately short of resources and struggling with poor infrastructure, Haiti now has to cope with its pulverisation from one of the world's worst earthquakes.
        Reuters
        Translations for pulverisation
        Pulverisation through the time