pulpifyv.
/ˈpʌlpᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpəlpəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To reduce to a pulp or pulpy condition.
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1839 R. Druitt Surgeon's Vade Mecum iii. iii. 93 The tissues may be irretrievably pulpified and disorganised.
1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals viii. 381 These actions [of rumination] are repeated until the greater portion of the grass which has been cropped is pulpified.
1942 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 36 712 The subcutaneous tissues and muscles in this region are dark red in color, hemorrhagic, and pulpified in the center.
1981 Japan Econ. Jrnl. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 17 Methods to pulpify bagasse, hay, bamboo, rush, [etc.]
2003 Dallas (Texas) Observer (Nexis) 5 June A coroner's report indicated that the shot had ruptured the eye, nearly pulpified the brain and fractured the officer's skull.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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