pulverize

[pioneer]

pulverize   

pul·ver·ize [púlvə rz]
(past and past participle pul·ver·ized, present participle pul·ver·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular pul·ver·iz·es)
verb
1.  transitive and intransitive verb crush something to powder: to crush or grind something into a powder or dust, or be crushed or ground into a powder or dust
2.  transitive verb destroy something: to demolish something completely (informal)
The storm pulverized the town.

3.  transitive verb defeat somebody: to subject an opponent to a crushing defeat (informal)
We completely pulverized the other team.

[15th century. < late Latin pulverizare < Latin pulver- "powder, dust"]

-pul·ver·i·za·tion [pùlvəri záysh'n], noun
-pul·ver·iz·er, noun 

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