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pul·ver·ize

(pŭl′və-rīz′)

v.pul·ver·ized,pul·ver·iz·ing,pul·ver·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

2. To overwhelm or defeat utterly:The visitors pulverized the home team.

v.intr.

To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.

[Middle Englishpulverizen, from Late Latinpulverizāre, from Latinpulvis, pulver-,dust.]

pul′ver·iz′a·ble adj.

pul′ver·i·za′tion(-vər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

pul′ver·iz′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

pulverize

(ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz)or

pulverise

1.to reduce (a substance) to fine particles, as by crushing or grinding, or (of a substance) to be so reduced

2. (tr) to destroy completely; defeat or injure seriously

[C16: from Late Latinpulverizare or Frenchpulvériser, from Latinpulverum, frompulvis dust]

ˈpulverˌizable,ˈpulverˌisableadj

ˌpulveriˈzation,ˌpulveriˈsationn

ˈpulverˌizer,ˈpulverˌisern

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pul•ver•ize

(ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz)

v.-ized, -iz•ing.v.t.

1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.

2. to demolish or crush completely.

v.i.

3. to become reduced to dust.

[1575–85; < Late Latinpulverizāre to reduce to powder = Latinpulver-, s. ofpulvis dust +-izāre-ize]

pul′ver•iz`a•ble,adj.

pul`ver•i•za′tion,n.

pul′ver•iz`er,n.

pulverize

Past participle:pulverized
Gerund:pulverizing

Imperative
pulverize
pulverize

Present
I pulverize
you pulverize
he/she/it pulverizes
we pulverize
you pulverize
they pulverize

Preterite
I pulverized
you pulverized
he/she/it pulverized
we pulverized
you pulverized
they pulverized

Present Continuous
I am pulverizing
you are pulverizing
he/she/it is pulverizing
we are pulverizing
you are pulverizing
they are pulverizing

Present Perfect
I have pulverized
you have pulverized
he/she/it has pulverized
we have pulverized
you have pulverized
they have pulverized

Past Continuous
I was pulverizing
you were pulverizing
he/she/it was pulverizing
we were pulverizing
you were pulverizing
they were pulverizing

Past Perfect
I had pulverized
you had pulverized
he/she/it had pulverized
we had pulverized
you had pulverized
they had pulverized

Future
I will pulverize
you will pulverize
he/she/it will pulverize
we will pulverize
you will pulverize
they will pulverize

Future Perfect
I will have pulverized
you will have pulverized
he/she/it will have pulverized
we will have pulverized
you will have pulverized
they will have pulverized

Future Continuous
I will be pulverizing
you will be pulverizing
he/she/it will be pulverizing
we will be pulverizing
you will be pulverizing
they will be pulverizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pulverizing
you have been pulverizing
he/she/it has been pulverizing
we have been pulverizing
you have been pulverizing
they have been pulverizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pulverizing
you will have been pulverizing
he/she/it will have been pulverizing
we will have been pulverizing
you will have been pulverizing
they will have been pulverizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pulverizing
you had been pulverizing
he/she/it had been pulverizing
we had been pulverizing
you had been pulverizing
they had been pulverizing

Conditional
I would pulverize
you would pulverize
he/she/it would pulverize
we would pulverize
you would pulverize
they would pulverize

Past Conditional
I would have pulverized
you would have pulverized
he/she/it would have pulverized
we would have pulverized
you would have pulverized
they would have pulverized

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Verb	1.	pulverize - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" powder,powderise,powderize,pulverise powderise,powderize,pulverise,pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
	2.	pulverize - destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" demolish,pulverise destroy,destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	3.	pulverize - become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" powderise,powderize,pulverise powder,pulverize,powderise,powderize,pulverise - make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"

pulverize

verb

1.destroy,wreck,demolish,flatten,raze to the groundA nearby residential area had been pulverized by the bombing.

2.defeat,stuff(slang),tank(slang),annihilate,vanquish,smash,crush,lick(informal),wipe the floor with(informal),blow out of the water(slang)He pulverized his opponents in the race for the presidency.

3.crush,pound,grind,mill,bray,pestle,granulate,comminute,levigate(Chemistry)Pulverize the bran to a fine powder.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

pulverize

verb

1.To break up into tiny particles:

bray,crush,granulate,grind,mill,powder,triturate.

2.To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:

demolish,destroy,dismantle,dynamite,knock down,level,pull down,raze,tear down,wreck.

Aerospace:destruct.

Translations

rozmělnit na prach

pulverisere

pulverisieren

moler

hienontaahienontuajauhaajauhautuajauhentaa

pulvériser broyer moudre piler

mylja; gera aî dufti

polverizzare polverizzazione

sutrinti į miltelius/dulkessutrynimas į miltelius/dulkes

saberzt pulverī

finknuse pulverisere

rozdrviť na prach

ezmek öğütmek

pulverize

[ˈpʌlvəraɪz]VT →pulverizar (fig) →hacer polvo (=thrash) →hacer polvo a

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pulverize

[ˈpʌlvəraɪz]pulverise(British)vt →pulvériser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pulverize

vt →pulverisieren;(fig inf)(= beat up) →Kleinholz machen aus(inf);(= defeat) →fertigmachen(inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pulverize

[ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz]vt (also) (fig) →polverizzare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pulverize,

pulverise

(ˈpalvəraiz) verb

to make or crush into dust or powder. vergruis, verstof يَسْحَق، يُدَمِّر стривам на прах pulverizar rozmělnit na prachpulverisieren pulverisere κονιορτοποιώpulverizar pulveriseerima آرد کردن jauhaapulvériser לִכתוש לְאָבָק पीसना porrá tör menggiling mylja; gera að duftipolverizzare 砕く 가루로 만들다 sutrinti į miltelius/dulkes saberzt pulverī mengisar sst hingga lumatverpulverenfinknuse,pulverisere zetrzeć na proszek اوړه كول pulverizar a pulveriza превращать в порошок rozdrviť na prach zmleti v prah samleti pulvrisera โขลกezmek,öğütmek 使成粉末 розтирати; перетворювати(ся) на порошок پيسنا، ميدہ بنانا nghiền thành bột使成粉末

ˌpulveriˈzation,ˌpulveriˈsation noun

verstowwing, vergruising سَحْق، تَدْمير пулверизиране pulverização rozmělňování die Pulverisierung pulveriseringκονιορτοποίησηpulverización pulveriseerimine گردسازی hienonnuspulvérisationכתישה पेषण, चूर्णन szétzúzás penggilingan mölunpolverizzazione 砕くこと 분쇄 sutrynimas į miltelius/dulkes pulverizācija pengisaranhet verpulverenfinknusing,pulverisering sproszkowanie ګرد جوړول pulverização pulverizare превращение в порошок rozdrvenie, rozomletie zdrobitev v prah mlevenje pulvrisering การโขลกezme, öğütme 粉碎 пульверизація; перетворення на порошок ميدہ، سفوف sự nghiền thành bột粉碎

pulverize

v. pulverizar, reducir a polvo, hacer polvo.

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