pulverize

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

Something about the way she looked at the frieze, as if she wanted to pulverize it.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK—Every year, Ranga Dias pulverizes about $100,000 in diamonds, crushing them to a gray powder he tosses in the trash.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 26, 2021

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

Figure 17.45 The tip of this small probe oscillates at 23 kHz with such a large amplitude that it pulverizes tissue on contact.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

The grinding is done with a small machine, which pulverizes the beans very finely.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Julius R. Van Millingen

Such was the likely impact that ice immediately pulverized into water, mixing with debris to create a tsunami of mud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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

Entire buildings were pulverized in La Guaira, an area north of the capital Caracas, which also endured severe damage.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“This is the tragedy of Karbala,” the crowd responded as the procession trudged through Nabatieh’s central district, pulverized after weeks of intense Israeli strikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

He still remembered one foster mother, an older woman who had smelled like cloyingly sweet powder, like someone had pulverized rose petals and sprinkled them on her clothes.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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

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

The water’s natural capacity to store carbon can be boosted by pulverizing and adding alkaline rocks such as basalt or limestone.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 14, 2023

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

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan