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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.

A common guess: his command, on at least five occasions so far, to pulverize boats deemed by intelligence officials to be ferrying narcotics into the U.S.

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

One wonders about a supposedly rehabilitative penal system that refuses to foster that kind of hope, that only pulverizes, exploits and, to cover its misdeeds, deletes.

The 17-year-old from Cross Ash, Monmouthshire, had been racing downhill mountain bikes since he was eight, wanting to "go fast all the time", when he crashed before a race and pulverized one of his kidneys.