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pulverized

  • past participle
    of pulverize.
    pulverize
    verb (used with object)
    to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • past tense form
    of pulverize.
    pulverize
    verb (used with object)
    to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.

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The rock-ice avalanche crashed thousands of feet into the valley below, where it was pulverized into a muddy debris-laden flood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

Retrieving the bodies from the Palestinian territory was difficult because it had been "pulverized," meaning that specialized equipment would be needed to get them out, they added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

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

Tendai saw that the stuffed hyena, dried owls and mummified bats had been pulverized.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer