micronizing

verb

present participle of micronize
as in milling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for micronizing
  1. milling
  2. pulverizing
  3. grinding
  4. powdering
  5. atomizing
  6. crushing
  7. disintegrating
  8. pounding
Verb
  • Window closing to find survivors These are the kinds of scenes playing out across La Guaira state, with people milling around in the streets after being left homeless, uncertain of what to do next.
    — Fernando Narro Roman, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • In addition to the extra security guards milling about, many of the areas that were formerly open to the public were closed off by fences and guarded exits.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of milling
Verb
  • Portions of its skeleton featured pulverizing bite marks and missing chunks that all bore the hallmark signs of another predatory attack.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
  • The garbanzos are sometimes roasted before pulverizing, lending the yellow powder a richer, nuttier taste.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 25 June 2026
Definition of pulverizing
Verb
  • Pay attention to unusual rattling, buzzing, grinding or squealing sounds.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Eversource spent the better part of the spring and early summer in a wide, sideways channel, grinding between roughly $66 and $72 while the 200-day continued its long climb higher.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Definition of grinding
Verb
  • Traditional methods such as powdering, cyanoacrylate fuming, or ninhydrin rely on sweat and sebaceous residues (a mixture of skin oil and dead skin) left behind on a surface.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Posada illustrated her in ostentatious attire to satirize the way the garbanceras attempted to pass as upper-class by powdering their faces and wearing fashionable French attire.
    — Mathew Sandoval, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
Definition of powdering
Verb
  • To accomplish this, Licklider proposed atomizing books into discrete blocks of information — exactly as Otlet had suggested more than half a century before, but now assisted by digital tools rather than index cards.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The mentality is just one example of how young people in China are reacting and adapting to a fast-changing and often atomizing urban society.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of atomizing
Verb
  • Cristobal and the Canes are crushing recruiting by every conceivable metric, which should terrify the rest of the country.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Built to harvest relentless ocean breezes, these megastructures face a constant battle against heavy winds and crushing waves.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of crushing
Verb
  • Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • The experiments have shown how a self-repair mechanism enables the spindle to stabilize itself under force and avoid disintegrating.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of disintegrating
Verb
  • Williams braved pounding surf and massive waves to bring a struggling 10-year-old boy safely back to shore, as Fox News Digital reported.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • During the rescue, which was caught on video, 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams and another lifeguard pulled a 10-year-old to safety amid pounding waves.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of pounding
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