pulverizing (Meaning)
pulverizing
to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles, annihilate, demolish, to beat or grind into a powder or dust, to become pulverized, to destroy as if by pulverizing
Synonyms & Antonyms of pulverizing
Synonyms:
- routing
- skunking
- wearing (away)
- disintegrating
- impairing
- licking
- pillaging
- killing off
- felling
- overmatching
- zapping
- dissolving
- vitiating
- desolating
- overbearing
- thrashing
- undoing
- gutting
- unbuilding
- sacking
- plundering
- blowing up
- sweeping (away)
- slaughtering
- conquering
- deteriorating
- rooting (out)
- vandalizing
- obliterating
- disassembling
- slaying
- murdering
- trampling
- liquidating
- trouncing
- expunging
- exterminating
- walloping
- mutilating
- mangling
- blotting out
- scotching
- winning (against)
- trashing
- defacing
- besting
- scouring
- washing out
- cutting down
- triumphing (over)
- beating
- stamping (out)
- clobbering
- whipping
- wiping out
- eradicating
- despoiling
- butchering
- trimming
- taking down
- unmaking
- massacring
- dilapidating
- dynamiting
- disfiguring
- harming
- looting
- extirpating
- executing
- drubbing
- rubbing out
- assassinating
- effacing
- surmounting
- prevailing (over)
- mastering
- dispatching
- spoiling
- injuring
Antonyms:
pulverizing Sentence Examples
- The powerful hammer pulverized the rock into a fine powder.
- The tornado's relentless winds pulverized buildings, leaving only rubble in their wake.
- The athlete's intense workout pulverized their muscles, leaving them sore and exhausted.
- The volcanic eruption pulverized the surrounding landscape, creating a barren wasteland.
- The researchers used high-energy lasers to pulverize the sample, analyzing its chemical composition.
- The car accident pulverized the metal, leaving the vehicle completely destroyed.
- The heavy machinery pulverized the concrete, clearing the way for new construction.
- The chef pulverized the spices using a mortar and pestle, creating a fragrant blend.
- The woodpecker's beak pulverized the bark of the tree, searching for insects.
- The powerful explosion pulverized the glass windows of nearby buildings, showering the streets with shards.
FAQs About the word pulverizing
to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles, annihilate, demolish, to beat or grind into a powder or dust, to become pulverized, to
shattering, devastating,destroying, smashing, ruining, demolishing, wrecking, overcoming, doing in, breaking
producing, repairing, raising, rearing, making,building, erecting, setting up, constructing, fixing
The powerful hammer pulverized the rock into a fine powder.
The tornado's relentless winds pulverized buildings, leaving only rubble in their wake.
The athlete's intense workout pulverized their muscles, leaving them sore and exhausted.
The volcanic eruption pulverized the surrounding landscape, creating a barren wasteland.
