[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pulverize \pul"verize\, v. i.
   to become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone
   pulverizes easily.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pulverize \pul"verize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pulverized; p.
   pr.  vb. n. pulverizing. f. pulv'eriser, l.
   pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. see powder.
   to reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or
   the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by
   grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other
   methods must be pursued.
   1913 webster
see also:
pulverized pulverizing powder 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pulverize
     v 1: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust;
          "pulverize the grains" syn: powderize, powderise, powder,
           pulverise
     2: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the
        building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the
        rebellion before it gets out of hand" syn: demolish, pulverise
     3: become powder or dust; "when it was blown up, the building
        powderized" syn: powderize, pulverise, powderise
see also:
powderize powderise powder pulverise demolish 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

108 moby thesaurus words for "pulverize":
   abrade, annihilate, atomize, bang, baste, batter, beat, bray,
   break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, brecciate, buck,
   buffet, cleave, comminute, contriturate, crash, crumb, crumble,
   crunch, crush, cut to pieces, decimate, demolish, destroy,
   devastate, diffuse, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, disperse,
   disrupt, drub, dynamite, fission, flail, flap, flour, fragment,
   grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, hammer,
   knock, lambaste, larrup, levigate, make mincemeat of, mash, maul,
   mill, mince, mull, paste, patter, pelt, pestle, pick to pieces,
   pommel, pound, powder, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pummel, rap,
   reduce to powder, reduce to rubble, rend, rub out, ruin, scatter,
   scrunch, shard, shatter, shiver, shred, sledgehammer, smash,
   smash up, smatter, spank, splinter, split, squash, squish, sunder,
   take apart, tear apart, tear down, tear to pieces, tear to shreds,
   tear to tatters, thrash, thresh, thump, total, triturate, unbuild,
   undo, unmake, wallop, whip, wrack up, wreck

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