pulverize

pulverize is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 27 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.
3. verb. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

   "pulverize the grains"

   Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise

4. verb. become powder or dust

   "When it was blown up, the building powderized"

   Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverise

5. verb. destroy completely

   "the wrecking ball demolished the building"

   "demolish your enemies"

   Synonyms: demolish, pulverise

Synonyms

powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise, demolish

Common word forms

pulverized, pulverizer, pulverizes, pulverizing

Words from these letters

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