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pulverise

/ˈpʌlvəɹaɪz/

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British/ˈpʌlvəɹɑjz/

pulverise verb: to render into dust or powder.

Verb

pulverise (third-person singular simple present pulverises, present participle pulverising, simple past and past participle pulverised)

  1. (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
  2. (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
    Synonyms:
    comminute
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
  4. (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
    • the stone pulverises easily

pulverise meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Thai

pulverise in Tamil

அரை, நுணுக்கு

pulverise in Kannada

ಪೇಷಿಸು, ಚೂರ್ಣಮಾಡು, ಚೂರ್ಣಿಸು, ಪುಡಿಮಾಡು, ಹಿಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡು, ಧ್ವಂಸಮಾಡು

pulverise in Arabic

to render into dust or powder
فَتَّتَ fattata

pulverise in Thai

to render into dust or powder
บด bòt, บดเป็นผง, ภัสมธุลี
intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
บด bòt, บดเป็นผง, ภัสมธุลี
to completely destroy
บด bòt, ทำให้แหลก

Synonyms of pulverise

Forms of pulverise

third-person singular presentpulverises
present participlepulverising
past participlepulverised
pastpulverised
alternative formpulverize

Origin of pulverise

From Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser. By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) + -ise.

Words formed from pulverise

Questions about pulverise

What does pulverise mean?
Pulverise means to render into dust or powder.
What is pulverise in Tamil?
Pulverise in Tamil is அரை, நுணுக்கு. See Pulverise meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pulverise?
Pulverise is a verb.
How do you pronounce pulverise?
Pulverise is pronounced /ˈpʌlvəɹaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of pulverise?
The past tense of pulverise is pulverised.

Words near pulverise in the dictionary

  1. pulverine
  2. pulvering
  3. pulverisable
  4. pulverisation
  5. pulverisations
  6. pulverise
  7. pulverised
  8. pulveriser
  9. pulverisers
  10. pulverises
  11. pulverising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pulverise (page history and authors); pulverise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pulverise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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