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pulverize
[ puhl-vuh-rahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- to demolish or crush completely.
- Slang. to defeat, hurt badly, or, figuratively, render helpless:
The Kid pulverized Jackson with a series of brutal lefts. He's a veteran nightclub comic who can pulverize any audience in seconds.
verb (used without object)
- to become reduced to dust.
pulverize
/ ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz /
verb
- to reduce (a substance) to fine particles, as by crushing or grinding, or (of a substance) to be so reduced
- tr to destroy completely; defeat or injure seriously
Derived Forms
- ˈpulverˌizer, noun
- ˌpulveriˈzation, noun
- ˈpulverˌizable, adjective
Other Words From
- pulver·iza·ble adjective
- pulver·i·zation noun
- pulver·izer noun
- sub·pulver·izer noun
- un·pulver·ized adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pulverize1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pulverize1
Example Sentences
They envisioned an air war in which Britain's economic and technological superiority would slowly pulverize Germany.
Along the way, the GOP yearns to privatize and pulverize Medicare and Social Security.
Egypt has first-class F-16s that could pulverize any Libyan opposition.
If the ground is well burned it will be a little crusty and whitish, and will pulverize beautifully.
This is an esculent resembling arrowroot, which they dig, pulverize, and use as flour.
For his own use the farmer can pulverize smaller quantities by the simple method of pounding the flowers in a mortar.
He directs us to pulverize in a marble mortar one pound of sulphur, two of charcoal, and six of saltpetre.
For domestic uses, dry quickly, and pulverize, and put away in tight glass bottles.
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