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pulverised::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained |
Examples of pulverised
pulverised
A waste worker in Japan finds $113,000 in notes after it survived being pulverised.
From the couriermail.com.au
The tsunami swept away buildings and cars with such force that most were pulverised.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In the end, they left with a kitchen full of pulverised pasta and no reasonable answer.
From the economist.com
Major's defeat in the 1997 general election left the party pulverised.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Mr Bush junior pulverised John Kerry as a French-speaking windsurfer.
From the economist.com
Only the remaining 1 per cent of the debris consisted of rock pulverised directly into dust.
From the newscientist.com
Pulverised fuel ash, a by-product of burning coal, supports an unlikely community of plants.
From the newscientist.com
Previous studies used pulverised samples of the rocks to analyse bulk chemical composition.
From the newscientist.com
Gaddafi's tanks lie pulverised in a field just outside Benghazi.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Powderize: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"
- Demolish: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
- (pulverized) powdered: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
- (pulverization) powder: a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
- (pulverization) grind: the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- A pulverizer is a mechanical device for the grinding of many different types of materials. For example, they are used to pulverize coal for combustion in the steam-generating furnaces of fossil fuel power plants.
- Alternative spelling of pulverise
- (Pulverizer) A machine for reducing the particle size of a solid fuel so that it burns in suspension.
- (Pulverization) the process of reducing the size of the bone fragments after cremation.
