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pulverize

[puhl-vuh-rahyz] / ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz /




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Back when McIlroy first rose to stardom, he turned heads with his ability to pulverize the ball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The site also is being used to pulverize concrete removed from burned properties, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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

"Because there is more comet dust closer to the Sun, we had expected collisions there would pulverize the pebbles that much faster," says Jenniskens.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024

When they swallow food, it is sent to the gizzard, where the grinding stones pulverize the food.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

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

The degree to which the mouldboard pulverizes depends on the steepness of its slant upward and the abruptness of its curve sidewise.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

Plunging some 4,000 feet into a valley below, the ice pulverized into water upon impact to create a devastating flood, with the rock debris adding to the destructive power of the ice-and-rock avalanche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

Boos followed Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during a visit to a Caracas neighborhood pulverized by two massive earthquakes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 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

To this he added some pulverized, dried grass, worked almost into flour, and when it was all together, he gently used his finger to make a hole in the middle.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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

How could they stay on the same October field against an All-Star team that has just spent three nights pulverizing them?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

“Or Mars—whichever. Maybe that’s why I’m not pulverizing you for asking so many questions.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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