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- Dictionarypulverize/ˈpʌlvərʌɪz/
verb
- 1. reduce to fine particles: "the brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment" Similar
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The meaning of PULVERIZE is to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize. How to use pulverize in a sentence.
PULVERIZE definition: 1. to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass: 2. to defeat someone easily…. Learn more.
to reduce (a substance) to fine particles, as by crushing or grinding, or (of a substance) to be so reduced. tr to destroy completely; defeat or injure seriously.
PULVERIZE meaning: 1. to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass: 2. to defeat someone easily…. Learn more.
When you pulverize something, you break it up until it becomes dust or powder. You might pulverize coffee beans in a grinder, running it until the coffee turns to powder.
Definition of pulverize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.