单词	pulverize
释义	pulverizepul‧ver‧ize (also pulverise British English) /ˈpʌlvəraɪz/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpulverize Origin: 1400-1500 French pulvériser, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulvis ‘dust, powder’ Verb Table VERB TABLE pulverize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pulverize he, she, it pulverizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they pulverized Present perfect I, you, we, they have pulverized he, she, it has pulverized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had pulverized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pulverize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have pulverized Continuous Form Present I am pulverizing he, she, it is pulverizing you, we, they are pulverizing Past I, he, she, it was pulverizing you, we, they were pulverizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been pulverizing he, she, it has been pulverizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been pulverizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be pulverizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been pulverizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A towering red mist hung over them where the brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment. Destroy the skeleton, pulverize the bones. Gladstone had recommended chewing each bite thirty-two times, so Fletcher chewed every mouthful of food until it was pulverized into liquid. He has just been pulverized by a being from the other side of the galaxy and what does he do? He sued her even before she pulverized him in print. The country, not surprisingly, preferred to wait to be persuaded rather than get pulverized in a partisan putsch. 1to crush something into a powder:  The seeds can be used whole or pulverized into flour.GRAMMAR Pulverize is usually passive in this meaning.2informal to completely defeat someone:  Stewart completely pulverized the opposition.—pulverized adjective:  pulverized coal—pulverization /ˌpʌlvəraɪˈzeɪʃən $ -rə-/ noun [uncountable]
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