pulverise
Meanings
verb
- To render into dust or powder.
- To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- To defeat soundly, thrash.
- To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
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Etymology
From Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser. By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) + -ise.
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