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Meanings of pulverize in English

Portuguese
destruir
Catalan
enderrocar
Spanish
derribar

Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.

        destruir

        To break something into small pieces by pressing it flat, or grinding it to powder.

              Usage of pulverize in English
              1
              Matthew's arm moved quickly and with enough power to pulverize a human's bones.
              The Book of Life
              2
              Stone buildings might crumble and pulverize beneath bombs, but they didn't catch fire.
              The Information Officer
              3
              Every time I got on the mat, Clarisse would pulverize me.
              The Lightning Thief
              4
              Enough to pulverize your brains for the rest of your life!
              The Luckiest Girl in the School
              5
              I'm still waiting for the right opportunity to pulverize you.
              The Sea of Monsters
              6
              While we attempt to mesmerize you with our creativity, we pulverize your telephone line.
              Wired
              7
              The lasers melt the rock and the ultrasonics pulverize it into fine, white-hot sand.
              Wired
              8
              He had his great big hammer ready to pulverize me.
              Raising Steam
              9
              When perfectly dry, pulverize, and it is ready for use.
              American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
              10
              If he is, he'll pulverize Prescott, unless Brayton shifts Prescott to some other position.
              Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point; Or, Standing Firm for ...
              11
              My father would pulverize your toy nation to meteoric dust.
              Foundation
              12
              Take equal parts of cream of tartar and salt, pulverize it and mix it well.
              Our Deportment / Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most R...
              13
              A good plow should not only turn the soil but should pulverize it as well.
              The First Book of Farming
              14
              For most soils a two-horse plow is necessary to break up and pulverize the land.
              Agriculture for Beginners / Revised Edition
              15
              I'd be well within my rights to pulverize you.
              Shadow zone
              16
              They pulverize it with their metates, add boiling water and get a very fair clay.
              The Forbidden Trail
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