1. powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise -- (make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains")
2. demolish, pulverize, pulverise -- (destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand")
3. powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise -- (become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized")
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To beat in squares, to pulverize regiments, to break lines, to crush and disperse masses,--for him everything lay in this, to strike, strike, strike incessantly,--and he intrusted this task to the cannon-ball. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo