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With a pulverized sample from scraping the inner walls of the vase, the team combined numerous analytical techniques for the first time to uncover what the mug last held.

Mohammad Afif, spokesman for Hezbollah, whose leadership has been pulverized in days of Israeli airstrikes, said the Iranian-backed group was prepared to mount a fierce resistance to the invasion despite its losses.

Then they used a grinder to pulverize the frozen sweets into a coarse powder.

But also seared into survivors’ memories in Normandy are massive Allied bombing raids that pulverized towns, villages and the cities of Caen, Rouen and Le Havre, burying victims and turning skies fire-red.

Analysis of the erupted ash revealed it was likely pulverized rocks from the crater walls or reservoir, not fresh bits of molten rock as would be expected in a magmatic blast.