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
  • On the opposite end of the ranch on a sunny October day, the turkeys were calmly milling about their paddock, clucking and chirping, unaware their harvest is imminent.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • By the time sunset had turned to dusk, families were milling about a replica of Times Square.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of milling
Verb
  • And how about pulverizing fortune cookies in a Chinese restaurant to make the point?
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The weak links for the Florida Gators Florida's offensive line is regarded as a respectable unit, albeit not pulverizing.
    — Michael Shapiro, Austin American Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulverizing
Verb
  • But a mulching mower also does a great job of grinding up leaves.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Fallbrook High School has seen numerous momentum swings over the span of time, and just two years after grinding through a winless season, the Warriors were hosting a Friday night playoff game again.
    — Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 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
  • Miami responded with an 80-yard drive to retake their lead, 24-21, but UNC continued to fight on while crushing clock heading into the fourth quarter.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • For working people, patient care coordinators and families who rely on this crossing for their daily commutes, this toll is a crushing financial burden rather than a solution to traffic.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of crushing
Verb
  • Even though relations between the pair had been publicly disintegrating for weeks, Stevens' announcement was a surprise.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The stars have grown lethargic and limp, with lesions spread across their bodies, their arms falling off or disintegrating.
    — Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of disintegrating
Verb
  • At the bottom of the slope, dozens of protective barriers have been installed as a buffer from waves pounding the shoreline.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • When defenses do catch up, McQuillan — like her teammates — have the green light to keep pounding away.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of pounding
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