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Reduce to powder (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pulverise

'reduce to powder' is the definition.
('reduce to powder'->'pulverize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for pulverise that I've seen before include "Grind to powder" , "Reduce to dust (S, not Z)" , "Beat to a pulp" , "defeat" , "Crush thoroughly in a repulsive way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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