pulverate
/ˈpʌlvəreɪt/Now rare
verb
[with object] To reduce to powder; to pulverize. In later use chiefly figurative ( US informal ): to defeat soundly, to demolish; to thrash.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in George Sandys (1578–1644), writer and traveller. From classical Latin pulverāt-, past participial stem of pulverāre pulver.
- aspidistra
- Aspie
- aspirant
- aspirate
- aspiration
- aspirational
- aspirationally
- aspirational voter
- aspirator
- aspire
- aspirin
- aspiring
- (as) pissed as a newt (or fart)
- (as) plain as a pikestaff
- as plain as the nose on someone's face
- (as) pleased as Punch
- as pleased (or proud) as Punch
- (as) poor as a church mouse
- asportation
- a sprat to catch a mackerel
- asprawl
- (as) pretty as a picture
- asp viper
- a square deal
- a square peg in a round hole