PULVERIZE


Meaning of PULVERIZE in English

or pulverise

■ verb

1》 reduce to fine particles.

2》 informal defeat utterly.

Derivatives

pulverization noun

~r noun

Origin

ME: from late L. pulverizare , from pulvis , pulver- 'dust'.

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