Meaning & use
pulverize
To crush something into fine powder or tiny fragments, or, informally, to defeat someone completely.
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The machine pulverizes rock into fine dust for testing.
Our team was pulverized in the final match, losing by a huge margin.
A note on using this word
Beyond its literal sense of physically crushing something, pulverize is commonly used informally to describe a decisive defeat in sports or competition.
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