- pulverize
- pulverize late 15c. (implied in pp. pulverizate), from L.L. pulverizare "reduce to powder or dust," from L. pulvis (gen. pulveris) "dust" (see POLLEN (Cf. pollen)). Related: Pulverized; pulverizing.
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Pulverize — Pul ver*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulverized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pulverizing}.] [F. pulv[ e]riser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See {Powder}.] To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pulverize — [v1] smash by beating, crushing abrade, atomize, beat, bray, break up, buck, comminute, contriturate, crumble, crunch, crush, flour, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, granulate, grate, grind, levigate, micronize, mill, mull, pestle, pound,… … New thesaurus
Pulverize — Pul ver*ize, v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pulverize — index break (fracture), destroy (efface) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pulverize — (Amer.) pul·ver·ize || pÊŒlvÉ™raɪz v. crush, grind into fine particles (also pulverise) … English contemporary dictionary
pulverize — (also pulverise) ► VERB 1) reduce to fine particles. 2) informal defeat utterly. DERIVATIVES pulverizer noun. ORIGIN Latin pulverizare, from pulvis dust … English terms dictionary
pulverize — [pul′vər īz΄] vt. pulverized, pulverizing [MFr pulveriser < LL pulverizare < L pulvis, powder: see POLLEN] 1. to crush, grind, etc. into a powder or dust 2. to break down completely; demolish vi. to be crushed, ground, etc. into powder or… … English World dictionary
pulverize — [[t]pʌ̱lvəraɪz[/t]] pulverizes, pulverizing, pulverized (in BRIT, also use pulverise) 1) VERB To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely. [V n] ...the economic policies which pulverised the economy during… … English dictionary
pulverize — UK [ˈpʌlvəraɪz] / US [ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms pulverize : present tense I/you/we/they pulverize he/she/it pulverizes present participle pulverizing past tense pulverized past participle pulverized 1) to crush something into very … English dictionary
pulverize — 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 ;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
