Past tense of pulverize
regular verb
The past tense of pulverize is pulverized. The past participle is also pulverized.
Forms of pulverize
| Base form (V1) | pulverize |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pulverized |
| Past participle (V3) | pulverized |
| Present participle | pulverizing |
| Third person singular | pulverizes |
Pulverized in a sentence
- For Dad, home had been pulverized, reduced repeatedly to its nuclear constituents.2020, Fady Joudah, “Your Name is on the List and Other Vignettes”, in Pauline Kaldas, Khaled Mattawa, editors, Beyond Memory: An Anthology…. From the entry gulag
- Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168. From the entry perfume
- Nocake was made of selected Indian corn, parched in hot ashes, then well sifted and thoroughly pulverized.1920 November 1, George S. Bryan, “Good Eating in Puritan Days”, in The Mentor, volume 8, number 17 (number 213 overall), New York, N.Y.…. From the entry nocake
- The structures on the surface were gone from normal view, pulverized into regolith across a span of aeons.2020 [1992], Vernor Vinge, chapter 1, in A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor Essentials, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry regolith
- Because of these remaining bone fragments, the cremains must be pulverized to a grainy powder before any scattering of ashes.2010, Norman L. Cantor, After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver, page 111. From the entry cremains
Meaning of pulverize
- verb American and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
Questions about the past tense of pulverize
- What is the past tense of pulverize?
- The past tense of pulverize is pulverized.
- What is the past participle of pulverize?
- The past participle of pulverize is pulverized.
- Is pulverize a regular or irregular verb?
- Pulverize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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