— pulverizable , adj. — pulverization , n. — pulverizer , n.
/pul"veuh ruyz'/ , v. , pulverized, pulverizing .
v.t.
1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
2. to demolish or crush completely.
3. Slang. to defeat, hurt badly, or, figuratively, render helpless: The Kid pulverized Jackson with a series of brutal lefts. He's a veteran nightclub comic who can pulverize any audience in seconds.
v.i.
4. to become reduced to dust.
Also, esp. Brit., pulverise .
[ 1575-85; pulverizare to reduce to powder, equiv. to L pulver- (s. of pulvis; akin to POLLEN) dust + - izare -IZE ]