pulverize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pulverize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pulverize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pulverize v make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" Synonym(s): powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" Synonym(s): demolish, pulverize, pulverise become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" Synonym(s): powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pulverize \Pul"verize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulverized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pulverizing}.] [F. pulv[82]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.