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- Dictionarypulverize/ˈpʌlvərʌɪz/
verb
- 1. reduce to fine particles: "the brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment" Similar
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PULVERIZE definition: 1. to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass: 2. to defeat someone easily…. Learn more.
The meaning of PULVERIZE is to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize. How to use pulverize in a sentence.
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.
When you pulverize something, you break it up until it becomes dust or powder. You might pulverize coffee beans in a grinder, running it until the coffee turns to powder.
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. [C16: from Late Latin pulverizare or French pulvériser, from Latin pulverum, from pulvis dust] ˈpulverˌizable, ˈpulverˌisable adj.
to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass: Seashells were pulverized by the ocean’s waves.
To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely.
