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pulverization

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[puhl-ver-ahy-zay-shuhn] / ˌpʌl vərˌaɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

pulverizations plural
  1. the act or result of pulverizing.


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If they’re trying to get rid of digital health records stored on hard drives, they should be destroying them by “disintegration, pulverization, melting, incinerating, or shredding.”

From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2022

The three-step process of drying, pulverization, and compression was done using simple mixers and compressors the researchers say can be bought on Amazon.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022

While the pulverization of the rock sample was disappointing to the team, it was also a lesson in Martian geology.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2021

“I have been watching for two years now the pulverization of human rights. It has been a downhill slide and it has culminated in today’s tragic death.”

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

I date it—the slow crumbling of my faith, the pulverization of my fortress—from the time, about a year after I had begun to preach, when I began to read again.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

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