pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
had pulverized
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past perfectof pulverize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And in nearby Lake Charles, fierce winds had pulverized much of the area during Hurricane Laura, but Delta had unleashed flooding.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
To Bradford Smith, head of the Voyager imaging team, the spots were evidence that meteorite impacts had pulverized the gray surface, exposed an underlying layer of ice and spewed it out in all directions.
From Time Magazine Archive
He still remembered one foster mother, an older woman who had smelled like cloyingly sweet powder, like someone had pulverized rose petals and sprinkled them on her clothes.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
He begged pardon for his indiscretion in listening to the argument, and congratulated Christophe on the maestria with which he had pulverized his opponents.
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan
That fearful social system, at the same time that it had pulverized him in the House of Lords, had crushed them in their little cabin.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
