pulverize
21pulverize — also ise BrE verb (transitive usually passive) 1 to crush something into a powder 2 informal to completely defeat someone pulverization noun (U) …
22pulverize — verb 1) the seeds are pulverized into flour Syn: grind, crush, pound, powder, mill, crunch, squash, press, pulp, mash, sieve, mince, macerate; technical comminute 2) informal he pulverized the opposition …
23pulverize — v 1. grind, crush, crunch, mortar, comminute, triturate, levigate, powder, granulate, crumble; pound, batter, bray, beat, mash, smash, Sl. smush. 2. demolish, ruin, wreck, devastate, ravage; shatter, smash, smash or crush to bits, Sl. smash or… …
24pulverize — pul·ver·ize …
25pulverize — [ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz] verb [T] to crush something into very small pieces …
26pulverize — pul•ver•ize [[t]ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz[/t]] v. ized, iz•ing 1) to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding 2) to demolish or crush completely 3) to become reduced to dust • Etymology: 1575–85; < LL pulverizāre to reduce to powder = L pulver …
27pulverize — v.t. reduce to powder or fragments; grind; smash. ♦ pulveraceous, pulverous, pulverulent, a. covered with dust; dusty; crumbling into dust. ♦ pulverulence, n …
28pulverize — Ho ōkaoka, ho opē, hō ae, ho opuhalu …
29pulverize — see POWDER …
30pulverize — v. (also ise) 1 tr. reduce to fine particles. 2 tr. & intr. crumble to dust. 3 colloq. tr. a demolish. b defeat utterly. Derivatives: pulverizable adj. pulverization n. pulverizator n. pulverizer n. Etymology: ME f. LL pulverizare f. pulvis… …
