Looking for “turn to dust” alternative as a single word.
I’m looking for the verb meaning “turn to dust” in the sense that the card can be broken into pieces and dust. What is the best alternative for me right now?
I am making a card game where there are cards with souls embroidered into said cards. What if the player destroys the card but the card is empty? I’m looking for the verb describing the process of breaking the card in such specific way.
Delicate
verb desiccate de-si-kt
Definition of desiccated
transitive verb
1: to
dry up 2: to
preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate 3: to
drain of emotional or intellectual vitality intransitive verb
: to
become dried up desiccation play
de-si-k-shn noun desiccative play
de-si-k-tiv adjective des
Disenchant
to rid of or free from enchantment, illusions, credulity, etc.
Source: English dictionaries. In
modern fantasy games, such as “Ask
Me For Magic”, the term is often used to remove magic. What is the symbolic value of removal of magical composition without damaging the material in which the object is embodied, although it does not refer to a physical matter (somatics, symbols, symbolism etc.)? Accordingly, such a process would yield a blank card and magic
dust.
Since you’re talking about breaking a card into other materials, it makes sense to use disintegrate to refer to separating a card into its components.
Disintegrate
to break apart into many pieces or pieces Source:
Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary the
break which in large-capacity parts or parts or components or
loss cohesion or unity Source: Vocabulary. com.
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I’m making a game. Where there is a thread and images with the souls embroidered into each card. Later, the developer can destroy the card which will give him the dust and the blank card in return
comminute
KOM-uh-noot,yoot reduce
to smaller parts or particles by pounding or abrading It’s
not as common as pulverise (pulverize), but it expresses the concept of fracturing something into small pieces or grinding it down.
Comminuted Radius Fracture
Ngram pulverised Pulverised /pulverized Prism vs
comminuted Radius Fractures.
