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1. Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
   "pulverize the grains"
   - powderize, powderise [Brit], powder, pulverise [Brit]
    
2. Destroy completely
   "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
   - demolish, pulverise [Brit]
    
3. Become powder or dust
   "When it was blown up, the building pulverized"
   - powderize, pulverise [Brit], powderise [Brit]

Derived forms: pulverized, pulverizes, pulverizing

See also: pulverization

Type of: destroy, destruct, disintegrate, spifflicate, spiflicate