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单词 pulverizing
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pulverizingn.

Brit. /ˈpʌlvərʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəlvəˌraɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see pulverize v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pulverize v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pulverize v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of pulverize v. Also figurative.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. vii. 170 Let these ingredients (I say) be first beaten to powder (such I meane as need pulverising) and so mingle them togither with the foresaid decoction.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornwall 197 I pitty the destroying of Main Amber, no more then the Stamping and Pulverizing of the brasen Serpent by King Hezekiah.
1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 27 The Men that liv'd there must be dried up sufficiently for pulverizing.
1785 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 526 I found a particular marine plant that requires no other preparation but drying and pulverizing, and is commonly known by the name of rock-weed.
1852 Times 8 May 5/6 The expensive portion of the old system of pulverising is avoided, and the washing and amalgamating operations are entirely dispensed with.
1885 Manufacturer & Builder Oct. 227 The Improved Master Crusher and Pulverizing Mill..will crush and pulverize more ore than a ten-stamp mill with the same power.
1930 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 78 27 It cannot be claimed that slurry is a suitable fuel for pulverizing.
1971 D. Robinson Goshawk Squadron (BNC) 166 At the Front where all that pounding and pulverizing of flesh and bone and blood with steel and explosive was taking place.
2001 Times 19 Nov. (Sports Daily) s7/1 Their 31-year Ashes quest really is sunk, and even the most starry-eyed optimists are struggling after this pulverising.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pulverizingadj.

Brit. /ˈpʌlvərʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəlvəˌraɪzɪŋ/
Forms: 1800s– pulverizing, 1900s– pulverising.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pulverize v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < pulverize v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier pulverizing n.
That pulverizes. In later use frequently figurative: that demolishes or defeats; crushing.
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1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) iii. 37 The pulverizing action of the sun and air.
1905 G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades (1946) 11 One of his celebrated masterpieces of lucidity and pulverising logic was eagerly looked for.
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 30 1394/1 The bacteria were injured by the pulverizing process.
1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 13/5 His proven ability to take a punch could be put to a severe test by the fists of Shavers, a pulverising puncher when he connects.
1998 What Car? Sept. 155/1 Ford's Special Vehicle Engineering team, the mob that gave us the great Sierra Cosworth of the mid '80s and the pulverising Escort Cosworth of the early '90s.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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