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pulverize

[puhl-vuh-rahyz] / ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz /




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Norman’s ability to pulverize the ball off the tee led him to British Open victories in 1986 and 1993, though his near misses were just as memorable.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Heavy excavation machines bash giant concrete blocks into more manageable chunks, before grinders pulverize the material into 1- to 3-inch rocks, which can be recycled.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2025

Do not pulverize in a machine, just chop fine, then mix with crumbs and coconut in a bowl and set aside.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2024

Why do pebbles pulverize after they leave the comet?

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2024

I thought it was pretty funny how she was rolling her eyes and laughing at me anyways because you know how I love to pulverize my already sketchy self-esteem?

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

In this recipe at Food & Wine, David Chang "pulverizes the kombu to a powder and blends it with softened butter to baste striped bass fillets."

From Salon May 14, 2024

And repeatedly charging and discharging the battery typically pulverizes the silicon, killing the battery.

From Science Magazine Sep. 6, 2022

For Alcaraz, who positively pulverizes the ball, the drop shot plays a different role.

From Washington Post May 27, 2022

But in rare instances, “we have seen a failure mode where the core pulverizes and falls back into the hole.”

From Scientific American Aug. 12, 2021

It pulverizes better than a moldboard plow, and buries trash more easily.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

Drizzle with the melted butter and olive oil, then toss gently until the cracker pieces are coated but not pulverized.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Like the trees cut down and pulverized to make Man-su’s beloved paper products, ultimately we’re all being fed into the shredder.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

Retrieving the bodies from the Palestinian territory was difficult because it had been "pulverized," meaning that specialized equipment would be needed to get them out, they added.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

Those efforts could be in vain if Haiti’s local economy is pulverized, making recovery efforts more challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 1, 2025

Tendai saw that the stuffed hyena, dried owls and mummified bats had been pulverized.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Dynamite wrapped in chic pastels, they provide ammunition for a day of pulverizing emails and crushing reformer Pilates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

From the first notes of its new single “Specter” — a brooding vocal workout for Sebastian that ended on pulverizing riffs — Bad Omens used cutting-edge tools and underground influence to elicit arena-rock catharsis.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

Che drops a few chemicals into the vials, which also contain a small metal bead, and place them into a countertop device that shakes the containers, pulverizing the contents.

From Seattle Times Sep. 17, 2023

In contrast, corn chips are created by pulverizing corn kernels into a dough, mixing it with water, and subjecting the slurry to intense heat and pressure using an extruder.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2023

She leaped aside as the monster struck, pulverizing the ground in front of her.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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