What's another word for "grind thoroughly" or "grind smoothly"?

I want another word for:

grind thoroughly or grind smoothly, as in "Help me to grind this pepper thoroughly."

i need proper words that could be use instead. I don't know whether you are getting my point. I'm struggling to find the appropriate English equivalent.


Finely grind the / this pepper.

Grind this / the pepper to a fine powder.


There's also Pulverize, though that's more often used in an industrial or geological sense than a culinary one.

  1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  2. to demolish or crush completely.

Help me mill this pepper.

The word mill brings to mind a salt/pepper mill -- but most often a flour mill, where wheat is ground into flour (a fine powder). All of these types of mills the input into a fine powder.