- 1pulverize something (formal) to crush something into a fine powder
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- 2pulverize somebody/something (informal) to defeat or destroy someone or something completely synonym crush We pulverized the opposition.
pulverize
verbNAmE//ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pulverize he / she / it pulverizes
past simple pulverized
-ing form pulverizing
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