pulverization

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspowderpulverisation

   Broadersolid
2. 2.

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

   Synonymsgrindmillpulverisation

   Broadercrush
3. 3.

   annihilation by pulverizing something

   Synonymspulverisation

   Broaderannihilation

Other forms of pulverization

plural

pulverizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pulverization

What does pulverization mean?

pulverization means "a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pulverization?

pulverization has 6 syllables: pul-ve-ri-za-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for pulverization?

Close synonyms include powder, pulverisation, grind, mill, pulverisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pulverization a common word?

pulverization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.