pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
have pulverized
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present perfectof pulverize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Large sauropod tracks were found nearby, and seem a good fit for a downward force that could have pulverized part of the shell.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2019
The same forces that have pulverized private sector unions in other industries — overseas manufacturing, lower transportation costs, global markets — have strengthened the hand of the ILWU, said economists who study global trade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2015
To top it off, most were so thin and delicate that the molding process would have pulverized them; instead we had to prototype casts from the CT data obtained from scans of these bones.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 2, 2012
But now, Rees-Mogg contended, the televised Senate hearings, the leak-prone grand jury investigation and the publication of assorted prejudicial statements have pulverized due process.
From Time Magazine Archive
These humble little rock-breakers will not rest until they have pulverized the rocks into soil sufficient to sustain higher forms of vegetable life.
From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell
