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pulverise

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Definition of pulverise

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verb

  1. (transitive)To render into dust or powder.
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  1. (transitive)To render into dust or powder.
  2. (transitive)To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
  3. (figuratively, transitive)To defeat soundly, thrash.
  4. (intransitive)To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
    “the stone pulverises easily”

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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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