to crush ou reduce to a powder

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• crush — [n1] crowd of animate beings drove, gathering, horde, huddle, jam, multitude, party, press, push, throng, tumult; concepts 417,432 crush [n2] infatuation beguin, desire, flame, love affair, passion, puppy love*, torch; concept 20 Ant. dislike,… …   New thesaurus

• powder — [n] fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid crumb, dust, film, grain, grit, meal, particle, pounce, pulverulence, seed, talc; concepts 471,831 Ant. solid powder [v] crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains abrade, bray, comminute, cover,… …   New thesaurus

• crush — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, abolish, abrade, affection, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, annihilate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, army, asphyxiate, atomize, batter, bear, bear down, beat, beat down, bellyful, beloved, beloved …   Moby Thesaurus

• powder — Synonyms and related words: Ballistite, TNT, abrade, abscond, absquatulate, air pollution, atomize, attritus, balm, balsam, base, beat, besprinkle, bran, bray, bread, break up, brecciate, buck, cellulose nitrate, clown white, coat, cold cream,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• crush — v 1. squash, mash, press down, compress, cramp, constrict, tighten; squeeze, pinch, bruise, contuse; crumple, rumple, wrinkle. 2. pound, grind, smash, shiver, splinter, shatter, pulverize, granulate, powder, triturate, comminute, reduce to… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• reduce — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, abstract, acetify, acidify, acidulate, adjust, adjust to, adulterate, afflict, alkalify, alkalize, allay, alleviate, allow, alter, analyze, anatomize, anesthetize,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• crush — v. & n. v.tr. 1 compress with force or violence, so as to break, bruise, etc. 2 reduce to powder by pressure. 3 crease or crumple by rough handling. 4 defeat or subdue completely (crushed by my reply). n. 1 an act of crushing. 2 a crowded mass of …   Useful english dictionary

• grind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pulverize, crush; sharpen, whet, file, polish; masticate, chew, crunch; rasp, grate; oppress, harass. See friction, powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A difficult or tedious job] Syn. drudgery, toil …   English dictionary for students

• beat — vb 1 Beat, pound, pummel, thrash, buffet, baste, belabor are comparable when they mean to strike re peatedly. Beat, the usual and general word of this group, may imply no more than the simple action of repeated striking (as with one s hands or an …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• MythBusters (2006 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 28 (includes 2 specials) Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel …   Wikipedia