Timeline for Looking for "turn to dust" alternative as a single word
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| Dec 16, 2016 at 10:23 | answer | added | Mari-Lou A | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 0:57 | vote | accept | GuardianX | ||
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| Sep 30, 2016 at 17:52 | comment | added | jpmc26 | Is the card actually being destroyed? The output of a blank card suggests removing something from the card rather than actually destroying it. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 17:12 | comment | added | mbomb007 | @ColleenV I think you mean swallow them | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 16:25 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/781892698106163200 | ||
| Sep 30, 2016 at 16:14 | answer | added | gnicko | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 16:05 | answer | added | Lt. Cmdr. Data | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 15:59 | comment | added | barbecue | The problem I see is that there is no single word which means to break something down into both dust and also one large piece. Pulverize, disintegrate, shatter, etc all indicate that nothing is left but small pieces, but in this case you have dust and also a complete blank card, which isn't dust. If you want a single word that means both of these things, dismantle, disassemble, or break down would be better. If you just want a word for the converting to dust portion of the process, then disintegrate or pulverize do work. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 15:36 | answer | added | mbomb007 | timeline score: 15 | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | ColleenV | Ah, I see - I edited your comment to change 'shuttered' to 'shattered' because I assumed that was a typo. Shatter is a good word but does result in pieces instead of dust. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:49 | history | edited | GuardianX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:47 | comment | added | GuardianX | @ColleenV well yeah, but the main catch here is that souls can be shattered to pieces, like atoms during this process hence "fission" came to my mind. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:45 | comment | added | ColleenV | Hmm, if it's a soul you're removing from a card and the card remains intact but blank, you might think about exorcising the soul and the dust being spiritual residue. Souls tend to be thought of as eternal. You can move them around, or swallow them but it's rare to think of them as being destroyed. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:39 | vote | accept | GuardianX | ||
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| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:27 | answer | added | user5267 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:23 | comment | added | Mick | Crumble and disintegrate are probably the best that you're going to find. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:21 | history | edited | GuardianX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:16 | history | asked | GuardianX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
