pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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The University of Miami, hopping mad because the N.C.A.A. peeked around its blinders and imposed punishment for overenthusiastic recruiting, has been pulverizing its opposition.
From Time Magazine Archive
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