pulverize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
pulverizes
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present tense formof pulverize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In this recipe at Food & Wine, David Chang "pulverizes the kombu to a powder and blends it with softened butter to baste striped bass fillets."
From Salon ● May 14, 2024
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK—Every year, Ranga Dias pulverizes about $100,000 in diamonds, crushing them to a gray powder he tosses in the trash.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 26, 2021
But in rare instances, “we have seen a failure mode where the core pulverizes and falls back into the hole.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 12, 2021
The NFL doesn’t settle, at least not this soon; it pulverizes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2019
It pulverizes better than a moldboard plow, and buries trash more easily.
From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee
