pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
pulverized
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past participleof pulverize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pulverize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pulverizeverb (used with object)to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
Example Sentences
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Báez, now 23, pulverized the very first pitch he saw as a big-leaguer over the center-field fence, a titanic blast that landed 449 feet away from home plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Drizzle with the melted butter and olive oil, then toss gently until the cracker pieces are coated but not pulverized.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Boos followed Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during a visit to a Caracas neighborhood pulverized by two massive earthquakes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
The 17-year-old from Cross Ash, Monmouthshire, had been racing downhill mountain bikes since he was eight, wanting to "go fast all the time", when he crashed before a race and pulverized one of his kidneys.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
She rendered goat fat into something like butter, and pulverized antelope meat into hamburgers with a device I think had been rigged from the propeller of a motorboat.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
