powderize

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Verb	1.	powderize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" powderise, pulverise, pulverize powder, pulverize, powderise, powderize, pulverise - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
	2.	powderize - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" powder, pulverize, powderise, pulverise powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"

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Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo obtained a patent for the composition of platinum-based metallic glass in 2004, and with this development, the company became the first in the world to powderize platinum-based metallic glass that can be used in existing selective laser sintering 3D printers(*) by adjusting particle diameter and fluidity through the use of proprietary equipment.

World's First Success in Development and Formation of Platinum-based Metallic Glass Powder for 3D Printers

Jim Limbird, marketing director for Southwest Hospital, describes the basic medical incinerator as a "glorified furnance that produces high levels of heat, burns flesh, collapses metal and powderizes bones."