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单词 pulverize
释义 pul·ver·ize
\ˈpəlvəˌrīz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: Middle French pulveriser, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulver-, pulvis dust, powder + -izare -ize — more at pollen
transitive verb
1. : to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles (as in fine powder or dust) : atomize
 < pulverize the soil with steel implements — Russell Lord >
 < mower … pulverizes grass clippings — Star Weekly >
2. : to destroy by or as if by smashing into fragments : disintegrate, annihilate, demolish, vanquish
 < buildings pulverized by a tornado >
 < a bomb that could pulverize a city >
 < if in the east Socialism has been pulverized by the totalitarian state — Times Literary Supplement >
 < started as a slashing journalistic critic … joyfully pulverizing every kind of conventional nonsense — Edgar Johnson >
intransitive verb
: to become pulverized
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