POWDERIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powderize mean? 

• POWDERIZE (verb)
  The verb POWDERIZE has 2 senses:

1. become powder or dust

2. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

  Familiarity information: POWDERIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWDERIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become powder or dust

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize

Context example:

When it was blown up, the building powderized

Hypernyms (to "powderize" is one way to...):

disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)

Verb group:

powder; powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize (make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

powder; powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize

Context example:

pulverize the grains

Hypernyms (to "powderize" is one way to...):

disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)

Verb group:

powderise; powderize; pulverise; pulverize (become powder or dust)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

powder (a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized)