ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpulverize
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pulverize
Meaning: to crush something into fine powder or dust
pulverize in a sentence
How pulverize is used in real sentences:
The machine can pulverize chunks of rock into fine gravel within seconds.
The falling boulder managed to pulverize the wooden fence at the bottom of the hill.
“Mara then used a mortar to pulverize colored chalk; the resulting dust settled into cracks and made the surface look weathered.”
— from the passage The Turning Walls
Synonyms for pulverize
Other words for pulverize — crush, grind and smash — carry the same meaning.
- crush
- grind
- smash
Where it comes from
From Latin pulvis 'dust'
Memory hook
PULVER-ize: turn something into powder.