pulverize
pronunciation
How to pronounce pulverize in British English:
UK [ˈpʌlvəraɪz]
How to pronounce pulverize in American English:
US [ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz]
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- Verb:
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
- destroy completely
- become powder or dust
Word Origin
- pulverize
- pulverize: see powder
- pulverize (v.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin pulverizare "reduce to powder or dust," from Latin pulvis (genitive pulveris) "dust, powder" (see pollen). Related: Pulverized; pulverizing.
Example
- 1. Then , well prepared for the task , go forth and pulverize your rivals .
- 2. As a result , many cement factories take rubble from destroyed houses and pulverize it in order to make new cement blocks
- 3. The massive ordnance penetrator - the air force has ordered 20 from boeing - is nearly five tons heavier than any other bomb in the military 's arsenal and is made to pulverize underground targets .
- 4. If global warming leads to an increase in monster storms , macayeal adds , then the entire antarctic ice skirt could be in jeopardy : larger sea swells could pulverize its huge icebergs and floating ice shelves .
- 5. A swedish company , promessa , will freeze-dry your body in liquid nitrogen , pulverize it with high-frequency vibrations , and seal the resulting powder in a cornstarch coffin .