pulverised
Reduced to dust
Pulverised is the British spelling of pulverized, the past tense and participle of pulverise.
To pulverise something is to reduce it to fine particles or powder, as one might do with spices in a mortar.
The word extends readily to figurative use, where it means to defeat or destroy utterly: Our team got pulverised in the semifinals.
Something pulverised has been thoroughly crushed or demolished.
Fine settled particles
- flourMilled grain powder
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
talcum · pollen · milled · ground · atomized · particulate · granulated · powdered
Compressed into fragments
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
annihilated · decimated · destroyed · rubble · wreckage · devastation · ruins · disintegrated
dust
Fine settled particles
chalk · talcum · pollen · milled · ground · atomized · particulate · granulated · powdered · fine
crushed
Compressed into fragments
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
demolished · annihilated · decimated · destroyed · rubble · wreckage · devastation · ruins · disintegrated · razed
spices
Aromatic food flavorings
- peppercornDried spice berry
- cuminGround aromatic seed
- cardamomAromatic seed pod spice
cinnamon · masala · matcha · cocoa · sugar · garlic · ginger · turmeric · coriander · mustard
pulverise, pulverising, pulverises, pulveriser, pulverisation