pulverized
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025
And then the snow began to fall, tiny flakes of ash, pulverized radioactive coral blown 25 miles into the air.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
Dad had plunged inside the mine with the rescue team—they proudly called themselves the Smoke Eaters—and drove straight to the site of the pulverized pillar just in case there was anybody hurt.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
