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- pronunciation:
- puhl
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raIz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pulverizes, pulverizing, pulverized |
| definition 1: |
to make into powder, as by crushing, grinding, or pounding.
The giant machine pulverizes the rock.- synonyms:
- bray, crush, granulate, grind, powder, triturate
- similar words:
- crumble, crunch, grate, mash, mill, pound
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| definition 2: |
to destroy, demolish, or annihilate.
- synonyms:
- annihilate, demolish, destroy, shatter, smash
- similar words:
- crush, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, ruin, thrash, wipe out, wreck
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| related words: |
break, crumb, crush, destroy, mill, pound, smash |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to be made into powder, as by crushing, grinding, or pounding.
- synonyms:
- granulate, grind, powder
- similar words:
- break, crumble, crush, grain, smash, squash
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| related words: |
grind |
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| derivations: |
pulverizable (adj.), pulverization (n.), pulverizer (n.) |
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