pulverize
11pulverize — verb ( ized; izing) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulver , pulvis dust, powder more at powder Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles ;… …
12pulverize — pulverizable, adj. pulverization, n. pulverizer, n. /pul veuh ruyz /, v., pulverized, pulverizing. v.t. 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,… …
13pulverize — To reduce to a powder. [L. pulverizo, fr. pulvis, pulveris, dust] * * * pul·ver·ize also Brit pul·ver·ise pəl və .rīz vb, ized also Brit ised; iz·ing also Brit is·ing vt to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles vi… …
14pulverize — Synonyms and related words: abrade, annihilate, atomize, bang, baste, batter, beat, bray, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, brecciate, buck, buffet, cleave, comminute, contriturate, crash, crumb, crumble, crunch, crush, cut to pieces …
15pulverize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crush, powder, crumble. See powderiness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. grind, crush, smash, comminute, triturate, levigate; see also grind 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. grind, smash, crush,… …
16pulverize — pul|ver|ize also pulverise BrE [ˈpʌlvəraız] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: pulvériser, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulvis dust, powder ] 1.) to crush something into a powder ▪ The seeds can be used whole or… …
17pulverize — pul|ver|ize [ pʌlvə,raız ] verb transitive 1. ) to crush something into very small pieces, or powder, or a nearly liquid substance 2. ) INFORMAL to defeat an opponent completely: Our team was pulverized by the defending champions …
18pulverize — see POWDER …
19pulverize — or pulverise verb 1》 reduce to fine particles. 2》 informal defeat utterly. Derivatives pulverization noun pulverizer noun Origin ME: from late L. pulverizare, from pulvis, pulver dust …
20pulverize — v. a. Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder, pulverate …
