pulverize
verb /ˈpʌlvəraɪz/
/ˈpʌlvəraɪz/
(British English also pulverise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pulverize | /ˈpʌlvəraɪz/ /ˈpʌlvəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it pulverizes | /ˈpʌlvəraɪzɪz/ /ˈpʌlvəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple pulverized | /ˈpʌlvəraɪzd/ /ˈpʌlvəraɪzd/ |
| past participle pulverized | /ˈpʌlvəraɪzd/ /ˈpʌlvəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form pulverizing | /ˈpʌlvəraɪzɪŋ/ /ˈpʌlvəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- pulverize something (formal) to make something into a fine powder by pressing or crushing it
- pulverize somebody/something (informal, especially British English) to defeat or destroy somebody/something completely synonym crush
- We pulverized the opposition.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin pulverizare, from pulvis, pulver- ‘dust’.