pulverize (Meaning)
pulverize (v)
make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
destroy completely
become powder or dust
Synonyms & Antonyms of pulverize
Synonyms:
- nuke
- tear down
- defeat
- crush
- remove
- pull down
- break
- injure
- dismantle
- cripple
- desolate
- decimate
- waste
- subdue
- raze
- cream
- ravage
- mar
- kill
- extinguish
- damage
- annihilate
- total
- rub out
- vaporize
- overcome
- erode
Antonyms:
- bring about
- conserve
- save
- invent
- mold
- manufacture
- organize
- mend
- form
- institute
- bring about
- constitute
- preserve
- mold
- found
- recondition
- fabricate
- shape
- assemble
- conserve
- rear
- establish
- shape
- fabricate
- invent
- form
- protect
- institute
- patch
- establish
- recondition
- assemble
- protect
- forge
- forge
- patch
- preserve
- found
- manufacture
- mend
- organize
- rear
- constitute
- save
Synonyms:
- havoc
- butcher
- dispatch
- zap
- unmake
- win (against)
- beat
- wrack
- eradicate
- thrash
- mangle
- slaughter
- slay
- disassemble
- dynamite
- trample
- master
- gut
- root (out)
- despoil
- undo
- scotch
- blast
- best
- vandalize
- disfigure
- trim
- surmount
- stamp (out)
- blow up
- exterminate
- conquer
- trash
- snuff (out)
- vitiate
- plunder
- cut down
- wallop
- impair
- drub
- expunge
- kill off
- rout
- deteriorate
- sweep (away)
- overbear
- assassinate
- scour
- blot out
- prevail (over)
- whip
- dilapidate
- harm
- dissolve
- mow (down)
- efface
- trounce
- sack
- clobber
- do in
- disintegrate
- wear (away)
- liquidate
- obliterate
- lick
- wipe out
- pillage
- deface
- extirpate
- spoil
- wash out
- take down
- take out
- loot
- triumph (over)
- massacre
- mutilate
- execute
- overmatch
- fell
- murder
Antonyms:
pulverize Sentence Examples
- The giant hammer mill was designed to pulverize large chunks of limestone into fine powder for industrial use.
- The boxer's powerful punches seemed capable of pulverizing any opponent in his path.
- In the laboratory, scientists used a high-speed blender to pulverize organic matter for analysis.
- The earthquake's tremors threatened to pulverize the fragile buildings into dust.
- To make homemade spice blends, it's essential to pulverize whole spices using a mortar and pestle.
- The military used airstrikes to pulverize enemy fortifications, leveling them to the ground.
- The hydraulic press exerted immense pressure, enough to pulverize solid metal into a thin sheet.
- The intense pressure from the hydraulic jack threatened to pulverize the concrete block into fragments.
- The relentless waves crashed against the cliffs, gradually pulverizing them over centuries.
- The angry mob threatened to pulverize anything in their path as they marched through the streets.
FAQs About the word pulverize
make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust, destroy completely, become powder or dust
shatter, wreck,destroy, ruin, smash, demolish, devastate, nuke, tear down, defeat
create, put up, produce, put up, set up, repair, erect, make, make, raise
The giant hammer mill was designed to pulverize large chunks of limestone into fine powder for industrial use.
The boxer's powerful punches seemed capable of pulverizing any opponent in his path.
In the laboratory, scientists used a high-speed blender to pulverize organic matter for analysis.
The earthquake's tremors threatened to pulverize the fragile buildings into dust.