释义 |
pulverize
pul·ver·ize P0656900 (pŭl′və-rīz′)v. pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing, pul·ver·iz·es v.tr.1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.2. To overwhelm or defeat utterly: The visitors pulverized the home team.v.intr. To be ground or reduced to powder or dust. [Middle English pulverizen, from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulver-, dust.] pul′ver·iz′a·ble adj.pul′ver·i·za′tion (-vər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.pul′ver·iz′er n.pulverize (ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz) or pulverisevb1. to reduce (a substance) to fine particles, as by crushing or grinding, or (of a substance) to be so reduced2. (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 ˌpulveriˈzation, ˌpulveriˈsation n ˈpulverˌizer, ˈpulverˌiser npul•ver•ize (ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz) v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t. 1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding. 2. to demolish or crush completely. v.i. 3. to become reduced to dust. [1575–85; < Late Latin pulverizāre to reduce to powder = Latin pulver-, s. of pulvis dust + -izāre -ize] pul′ver•iz`a•ble, adj. pul`ver•i•za′tion, n. pul′ver•iz`er, n. pulverize Past participle: pulverized Gerund: pulverizing
Imperative |
---|
pulverize | pulverize |
Present |
---|
I pulverize | you pulverize | he/she/it pulverizes | we pulverize | you pulverize | they pulverize |
Preterite |
---|
I pulverized | you pulverized | he/she/it pulverized | we pulverized | you pulverized | they pulverized |
Present Continuous |
---|
I am pulverizing | you are pulverizing | he/she/it is pulverizing | we are pulverizing | you are pulverizing | they are pulverizing |
Present Perfect |
---|
I have pulverized | you have pulverized | he/she/it has pulverized | we have pulverized | you have pulverized | they have pulverized |
Past Continuous |
---|
I was pulverizing | you were pulverizing | he/she/it was pulverizing | we were pulverizing | you were pulverizing | they were pulverizing |
Past Perfect |
---|
I had pulverized | you had pulverized | he/she/it had pulverized | we had pulverized | you had pulverized | they had pulverized |
Future |
---|
I will pulverize | you will pulverize | he/she/it will pulverize | we will pulverize | you will pulverize | they will pulverize |
Future Perfect |
---|
I will have pulverized | you will have pulverized | he/she/it will have pulverized | we will have pulverized | you will have pulverized | they will have pulverized |
Future Continuous |
---|
I will be pulverizing | you will be pulverizing | he/she/it will be pulverizing | we will be pulverizing | you will be pulverizing | they will be pulverizing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
---|
I have been pulverizing | you have been pulverizing | he/she/it has been pulverizing | we have been pulverizing | you have been pulverizing | they have been pulverizing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
---|
I will have been pulverizing | you will have been pulverizing | he/she/it will have been pulverizing | we will have been pulverizing | you will have been pulverizing | they will have been pulverizing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
---|
I had been pulverizing | you had been pulverizing | he/she/it had been pulverizing | we had been pulverizing | you had been pulverizing | they had been pulverizing |
Conditional |
---|
I would pulverize | you would pulverize | he/she/it would pulverize | we would pulverize | you would pulverize | they would pulverize |
Past Conditional |
---|
I would have pulverized | you would have pulverized | he/she/it would have pulverized | we would have pulverized | you would have pulverized | they would have pulverized | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | pulverize - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"powder, powderise, powderize, pulverisepowderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" | | 2. | pulverize - destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"demolish, pulverisedestroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" | | 3. | pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"powderise, powderize, pulverisepowder, pulverize, powderise, powderize, pulverise - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
pulverizeverb1. destroy, wreck, demolish, flatten, raze to the ground A nearby residential area had been pulverized by the bombing.2. defeat, stuff (slang), tank (slang), annihilate, vanquish, smash, crush, lick (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), blow out of the water (slang) He pulverized his opponents in the race for the presidency.3. crush, pound, grind, mill, bray, pestle, granulate, comminute, levigate (Chemistry) Pulverize the bran to a fine powder.pulverizeverb1. To break up into tiny particles:bray, crush, granulate, grind, mill, powder, triturate.2. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, raze, tear down, wreck.Aerospace: destruct.Translationspulverize, pulverise (ˈpalvəraiz) verb to make or crush into dust or powder. 使成粉末 使成粉末ˌpulveriˈzation, ˌpulveriˈsation noun 粉碎 粉碎
pulverize
pul·ver·ize (pŭl'vĕr-īz), To reduce to a powder. [L. pulverizo, fr. pulvis, pulveris, dust] pulverize
Synonyms for pulverizeverb destroySynonyms- destroy
- wreck
- demolish
- flatten
- raze to the ground
verb defeatSynonyms- defeat
- stuff
- tank
- annihilate
- vanquish
- smash
- crush
- lick
- wipe the floor with
- blow out of the water
verb crushSynonyms- crush
- pound
- grind
- mill
- bray
- pestle
- granulate
- comminute
- levigate
Synonyms for pulverizeverb to break up into tiny particlesSynonyms- bray
- crush
- granulate
- grind
- mill
- powder
- triturate
verb to pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossibleSynonyms- demolish
- destroy
- dismantle
- dynamite
- knock down
- level
- pull down
- raze
- tear down
- wreck
- destruct
Synonyms for pulverizeverb make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dustSynonyms- powder
- powderise
- powderize
- pulverise
Related Words- powderise
- powderize
- pulverise
- pulverize
- disintegrate
verb destroy completelySynonymsRelated Wordsverb become powder or dustSynonyms- powderise
- powderize
- pulverise
Related Words- powder
- pulverize
- powderise
- powderize
- pulverise
- disintegrate
|