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matter ground down until it forgets it was ever solid.
means A dry substance reduced to fine, loose particles, whether by grinding, crushing, or drying — from flour to gunpowder to the stuff on your face.
from From Old French 'poudre,' meaning dust or powder, descending from Latin 'pulvis' (genitive 'pulveris'), simply 'dust.' The same Latin root powders our 'pulverize' — literally 'to make into dust' — so to pulverize something is just to powder it the violent way.
gunpowder originChinese alchemists sought immortality, found explosives instead
flour dangerSuspended in air, it can violently explode
baby talcOnce asbestos-tainted, sparked billions in lawsuits
powder skiingNamed for the dry, weightless snow it craves