pulverize
VerbUS[puhl-ver-ahyz]/ˈpʌlvɚˌaɪz/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (3)pulverized, pulverizing
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust“pulverize the grains”Synonyms: powderizepowderisepowderpulveriseMore general disintegrateSimilar powderize, pulverise
- destroy completely“the wrecking ball demolished the building”Synonyms: demolishpulveriseMore general destroy, destruct
- become powder or dust“When it was blown up, the building powderized”Synonyms: powderizepulverisepowderiseMore general disintegrateSimilar powderize, powderise
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pul′ver·ize transitive verb [past tense & past participle Pulverized; present participle & verbal noun Pulverizing.]
Origin: F. pulvériser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder.
To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.
Pul′ver·ize intransitive verb
To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54