pulverization

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
noun the act of grinding to a powder or dust
noun annihilation by pulverizing something

From French pulvérisation. By surface analysis, pulverize + -ation.

Either the hypothesis of a finality immanent in life should be rejected as a whole, or it must undergo a treatment very different from pulverization. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri
The ground now covering all that could perish of my departed wife, I waited only for what Mr. Micawber called the ‘final pulverization of Heep’; and for the departure of the emigrants. — David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

powder, pulverisation

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