pulverize

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PUL'VERIZE, verb transitive To reduce to fine powder, as by beating, grinding, etc. Friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating; but to pulverize malleable bodies, other methods must be pursued.
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