pulverize
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.
to become reduced to dust.
Origin of pulverize
1- Also especially British, pul·ver·ise .
Other words from pulverize
- pul·ver·iz·a·ble, adjective
- pul·ver·i·za·tion, noun
- pul·ver·iz·er, noun
- sub·pul·ver·iz·er, noun
- un·pul·ver·ized, adjective
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How to use pulverize in a sentence
“These 110-story towers essentially got pulverized into small fragments,” says John Howard, a doctor and public health expert serving as administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program.
What 20 years of screening 9/11 first responders for health risks has taught us | Betsy Ladyzhets | September 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCourt’s record is the only significant one Williams hasn’t matched or broken in a 26-year career in which she revolutionized women’s tennis with her powerful groundstrokes and pulverizing serve.
Serena Williams withdraws from U.S. Open to recover from torn hamstring | Liz Clarke, Cindy Boren | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostThey grabbed the nearest nut and pulverized it in crunching staccato.
How a sickly squirrel offered me unexpected comfort | Pam Spritzer | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThey envisioned an air war in which Britain's economic and technological superiority would slowly pulverize Germany.
Rethink Everything You Think You Know About World War II | David Frum | February 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the way, the GOP yearns to privatize and pulverize Medicare and Social Security.
Obama Must Fight One More Campaign: To Keep Senate & Win House in 2014 | Robert Shrum | February 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.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.
Scientific American Supplement No. 299 | VariousHe directs us to pulverize in a marble mortar one pound of sulphur, two of charcoal, and six of saltpetre.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William DraperFor domestic uses, dry quickly, and pulverize, and put away in tight glass bottles.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
British Dictionary definitions for pulverize
pulverise
/ (ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz) /
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
Origin of pulverize
1Derived forms of pulverize
- pulverizable or pulverisable, adjective
- pulverization or pulverisation, noun
- pulverizer or pulveriser, noun
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