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pulverize

[ puhl-vuh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

pulverized, pulverizing.
  1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  2. to demolish or crush completely.
  3. 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)

pulverized, pulverizing.
  1. to become reduced to dust.

pulverize

/ 藞辫蕦濒惫蓹藢谤补瑟锄 /

verb

  1. to reduce (a substance) to fine particles, as by crushing or grinding, or (of a substance) to be so reduced
  2. tr to destroy completely; defeat or injure seriously
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫耻濒惫别谤藢颈锄别谤, noun
  • 藢辫耻濒惫别谤颈藞锄补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藞辫耻濒惫别谤藢颈锄补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫耻濒顎僾别谤路颈锄顎卆路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫耻濒顎卾别谤路颈路锄补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 辫耻濒顎僾别谤路颈锄顎卐谤 noun
  • sub路辫耻濒顎僾别谤路颈锄顎卐谤 noun
  • 耻苍路辫耻濒顎僾别谤路颈锄别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pulverize1

1575鈥85; < Late Latin 辫耻濒惫别谤颈锄腻谤别 to reduce to powder, equivalent to Latin pulver- (stem of pulvis; akin to pollen ) dust + -颈锄腻谤别 -ize
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pulverize1

C16: from Late Latin pulverizare or French 辫耻濒惫茅谤颈蝉别谤, from Latin pulverum, from pulvis dust
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Heavy excavation machines bash giant concrete blocks into more manageable chunks, before grinders pulverize the material into 1- to 3-inch rocks, which can be recycled.

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Instead of run-and-jump challenges, Donkey Kong here has the ability to pulverize his surroundings, exploring worlds by pounding holes in the ground or destroying the walls.

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The organic matter in a person鈥檚 body, I was told, vaporizes when burned hot enough, leaving behind the pulverized, inorganic substance we call ashes.

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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.

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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.

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