pulverise

Meaning

1. (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
2. (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
3. (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
4. (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

Synonyms

pulverize

crush

smash

powderise

grind

powder

powderize

mash

destroy

shipwreck

demolish

crush by pounding

crunch

dash

💨

deface

desolate

destruct

devour

drag down

exterminate

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

nuke

obliterate

overbear

overwhelm

plunder

pound

💷

raze

spit out

squash

squelch

stamp

subvert

total

vandalise

vandalize

vaporize

annihilate

wrack

cut to ribbons

lay waste to

lose a fortune

grind to powder

whup

bang up

bash

beetle

🪲

Translations

κονοιποιώ

pulvériser

esmiuçar

polvoritzar-se

besiegen

niederschlagen

esbucar

pulverisieren

schlagen

zermahlen

zerreiben

aufreiben

durchbringen

klein reiben

prügeln

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulvériser, from Latin pulverizo, pulverizare, from pulvis (“powder”).