pulverise
Etymology

Borrowed from French pulvériser, from Latin pulverizo, from pulvis ("powder").

Verb

pulverise (pulverises, present participle pulverising; simple past and past participle pulverised)

  1. (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
  2. (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
  3. (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
  4. (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
    the stone pulverises easily
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  • Russian: превращаться в порошок



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