pulverise
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pulverise
- /ˈpʌlvəɹaɪz/ US, UK
- /ˈpʌlvəɹɑjz/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈpʊlvəɹaɪz/ Northern England
- /ˈpʌlvəɾaɪz/ Scotland, Wales
Where it comes from
From Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser. By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) + -ise.
verb pulverises · pulverising · pulverised · pulverize
- To render into dust or powder.
- To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- To defeat soundly, thrash.
- To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust. the stone pulverises easily
Similar: pulver
