[pul.ver.ize] vb -ized ; -iz.ing [ME, fr. MF pulveriser, fr. LL pulverizare, fr. L pulver-, pulvis dust, powder--more at powder] vt (15c) 1: to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles: atomize
2: annihilate, demolish ~ vi: to become pulverized -- pul.ver.iz.able adj -- pul.ver.i.za.tion n -- pul.ver.iz.er n