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pul·ver·ize
(pŭl′və-rīz′)v. pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing, pul·ver·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. To overwhelm or defeat utterly: The visitors pulverized the home team.
v.intr.
To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.
[Middle English pulverizen, from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulver-, dust.]
pul′ver·iz′a·ble adj.
pul′ver·i·za′tion (-vər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
pul′ver·iz′er n.
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pulverize
(ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz) orpulverise
vb
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
ˌpulveriˈzation, ˌpulveriˈsation n
ˈpulverˌizer, ˈpulverˌiser n
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pul•ver•ize
(ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz)v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t.
1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
2. to demolish or crush completely.
v.i. 3. to become reduced to dust.
[1575–85; < Late Latin pulverizāre to reduce to powder = Latin pulver-, s. of pulvis dust + -izāre -ize]
pul′ver•iz`a•ble, adj.
pul`ver•i•za′tion, n.
pul′ver•iz`er, n.
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pulverize
Past participle: pulverized
Gerund: pulverizing
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| Verb | 1. | pulverize - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| 2. | pulverize - destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" | |
| 3. | pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" powder, pulverize, powderise, powderize, pulverise - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
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pulverize
verb
1. destroy, wreck, demolish, flatten, raze to the ground A nearby residential area had been pulverized by the bombing.
2. defeat, stuff (slang), tank (slang), annihilate, vanquish, smash, crush, lick (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), blow out of the water (slang) He pulverized his opponents in the race for the presidency.
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pulverize
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
rozmělnit na prach
pulverisere
hienontaahienontuajauhaajauhautuajauhentaa
mylja; gera aî dufti
sutrinti į miltelius/dulkessutrynimas į miltelius/dulkes
saberzt pulverī
rozdrviť na prach
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pulverize
vt → pulverisieren; (fig inf) (= beat up) → Kleinholz machen aus (inf); (= defeat) → fertigmachen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pulverize,
pulverise
(ˈpalvəraiz) verb to make or crush into dust or powder.
ˌpulveriˈzation, ˌpulveriˈsation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pulverize
v. pulverizar, reducir a polvo, hacer polvo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012