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81powder — n 1. dust, pounce, fine grains, loose particles, flour, meal, grain, farina, bran; sawdust, filings, grounds, crumbs; grit, soot, dirt. 2. gunpowder, ammunition, explosive, black powder, dynamite, cordite, Ail Chem. TNT, trinitrotoluene,… …
82pulverize — v 1. grind, crush, crunch, mortar, comminute, triturate, levigate, powder, granulate, crumble; pound, batter, bray, beat, mash, smash, Sl. smush. 2. demolish, ruin, wreck, devastate, ravage; shatter, smash, smash or crush to bits, Sl. smash or… …
83pumice — n 1. abrasive, abradant, polish, wax, cleanser; pumice stone, obsidian, volcanic glass, lava, v 2. smooth, rub down; polish, burnish, buff, wax; shine, gloss, luster, brighten, glaze, Scot, and North. Eng. sheen; grind, whet, mill, stone, sand,… …
84rasp — v 1. scrape, scratch, excoriate, abrade, rub, scour, scrub; grate, shred, file, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; grind, mortar, levigate, triturate. 2. irritate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, rub the wrong way; annoy, vex, irk, peeve, gall,… …
85rub — v 1. massage, knead, embrocate; stroke, caress, fondle, pet, pat, palm; brush, graze; (all of horses) curry, currycomb, groom. 2. polish, buff, burnish, rub down, smooth; abrade, chafe, levigate, triturate; scour, scrub. 3.Often rub off or out… …
86stamp — v 1.(all with the foot) strike, beat, pound, crush, mash, squash, Dial. squish; step on, Inf. stomp, tread on, tramp on, trample. 2.Usu. stamp out put out, extinguish, snuff out, kill; suppress, subdue, quell, quash, put down, squelch, scotch,… …
87wed — v 1. marry, wive, espouse, tie the knot, take the plunge, say one s vows, say I do, walk down the aisle, become man and wife, Sl. splice, Sl. hitch up with, Archaic. husband; lead [s.o.] to the altar, walk [s.o.] down the aisle, give away; hook… …
88grind — [n] tedious job chore, drudgery, groove*, grubwork*, hard work, labor, moil, pace, rote, routine, rut*, sweat*, task, toil, travail, treadmill*; concept 362 grind [v1] crush, pulverize abrade, atomize, attenuate, beat, bray, chop up, comminute,… …
89pulverize — [v1] smash by beating, crushing abrade, atomize, beat, bray, break up, buck, comminute, contriturate, crumble, crunch, crush, flour, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, granulate, grate, grind, levigate, micronize, mill, mull, pestle, pound,… …
90levigable — levˈigable adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑levigate …
