noun. The act of pulverizing, or reducing to dust or powder. Also spelled pulverisation.

noun. The reduction of liquids in the form of spray and the projection of the latter with force upon the surface of the body.

noun. The action of reducing to dust or powder.

noun. The act of pulverizing.

noun. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

noun. the act of grinding to a powder or dust

noun. annihilation by pulverizing something

"If anything is shocking about what happened Friday, it's how much America's relationship with those that hate us against a backdrop of a Middle East, and a Muslim core, most notable now for wrestling with political freedoms falls into the knee-jerk bucket of cowboy justice, pulverization, and targeted killings -- this one, historic for the first ever of an American."

annihilation  compaction  crunch  crush  obliteration  

apportionments  apprehensiveness  back-yard  centralisation  dirtiness