Pulverize /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Pulverized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing

1. 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.

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