The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulverized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing.] [F. pulv['e]riser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder.] To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.
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vb. (present participle of pulverize English)
Usage examples of "pulverizing".
High explosives detonated in a near constant bombardment, pulverizing the stalled vehicles, and shredding the serjeants riding them.
After the initial near-simultaneous detonation a cascade of secondary collisions had begun, a chain reaction lasting for decades, with gravel and boulders pulverizing large shell sections, setting off another round of collisions.
It took all of Ren's presence of mind and willpower to ignore the pain and jump quickly back to his feet, but before he could get free, a gnoll's spiked cudgel slammed into his left hand, goring through flesh and bone and pulverizing the flat of his hand with its impact.
The huge horse reared and stomped, reared and stomped, again and again, pulverizing her with his sharp hooves, smashing her piglike snout deep into her crushed face, so that not even the greatest mages of the Lord of the Ruins would stand a chance of fixing it.
Two shells from the Gun Cannon scored a direct hit on the Zak, instantly pulverizing its upper torso.
It ricocheted wildly around her circular spellcasting chamber, deep in the subterranean warrens of the thieves' guild, pulverizing priceless sculptures and blasting antique furniture to ashes before finally dissipating against the porphyry walls.
A huge boulder bounced down the ravine toward the two travelers, pulverizing other rocks in its path.
The timing was perfect, for as the Rowan-focus had finished pulverizing the minds of the `Many', it was time for the Raven-focus to shove Leviathan to its doom.
Kris asked for she couldn't construct a mental picture of Chief Materu pulverizing leaves in a mortar with a pestle.
Now Kamejiro ran each morning from the camp to till the pineapple field, pulverizing the earth with his hands.
Its spiked tail swung in a wide and murderous arc, pulverizing anything it crashed into.
But concrete trucks had run night and day, pulverizing the desert and causing the one neighbor in forty miles to complain of noise.