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pulverize - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pulverize' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pulverize [ v. i.]
- To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
2 . Pulverize [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'pulverize' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pulverize [ v]
Meaning (1):
- destroy completely
Example in sentence:
  • Fire had devoured our home;
  • The fire consumed the building;
  • the wrecking ball demolished the building;
  • we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis
Meaning (2):
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
Example in sentence:
  • pulverize the grains
Meaning (3):
- become powder or dust
Example in sentence:
  • When it was blown up, the building powderized

Nearby Words:

pulas pulchritude pule puled puler pulex pulicene pulicose pulicous puling

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