pulverizations
Grinding into dust
Pulverizations are acts of reducing something to powder or dust, or the results of such acts.
The word applies literally to grinding substances into fine particles: The pulverizations of limestoneite produced calcium powder.
Figuratively, it describes thorough defeats or destructions: The team's pulverizations of their opponents continued throughout the season.
Overwhelming in intensity
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- ball millRotating cylinder for grinding
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
quarrying · mechanical breakdown · disintegration · granulation
Deliberate structural destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- decimationNear-total destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
wreckage · bombing · shelling · razing · leveling · rubble · debris · ruin
Pulverizing culinary aromatics
- mortar and pestleManual crushing implements
- flour millingProcessing grain into powder
- coffee grindingPulverizing roasted beans
- pepper millDevice for grinding peppercorns
food processing · grain milling · masa harina · burr grinder · panko · stone-ground
Victory over another
- dominationSupreme authority held
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
humiliation · overwhelming · decimation · blowout · landslide · walloping · thrashing · shellacking
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- ball millRotating cylinder for grinding
attrition · quarrying · mechanical breakdown · disintegration · granulation
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- decimationNear-total destruction
devastation · wreckage · bombing · shelling · razing · leveling · rubble · debris · ruin · smashing
spice grinding
Pulverizing culinary aromatics
- mortar and pestleManual crushing implements
- flour millingProcessing grain into powder
- coffee grindingPulverizing roasted beans
pepper mill · food processing · grain milling · masa harina · burr grinder · panko · stone-ground
defeat
Victory over another
- dominationSupreme authority held
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
annihilation · humiliation · overwhelming · decimation · blowout · landslide · walloping · thrashing · shellacking · massacre
pulverizationspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
consolidations · solidifications · compressions · compactions · wholeness
pulverizationsassemblies
Organized group gatherings
constructions · fusions · amalgamations · combinations · unifications