Homework Help: English

Posted by Sam on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 8:07pm.

Regardless of whether the uranium was solid or pulverized, pure or in a compound, wet or dry, or whether exposed to light or heat.

--This is just a section of a sentance and I would like to know what word I can use instead of pulverized. And dont just give me dictionary,com cuz I checked and I cant pick one.

English - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 8:15pm
Here are the first two definitions of PULVERIZE from Dictionary.com.

"1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
2. to demolish or crush completely."

So -- instead of pulverized you could write any of these:
reduced to powder
demolished
crushed
crushed into dust

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