Usually means: Reduce to fine particles; crush.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulverise: Merriam-Webster
  2. pulverise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pulverise: Vocabulary.com
  4. pulverise: Wordnik
  5. pulverise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pulverise: Wiktionary
  7. pulverise: Dictionary.com
  8. pulverise: Rhymezone
  9. pulverise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pulverise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pulverise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulverise: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulverise: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulverise: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. pulverise: Medical dictionary

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verb:  (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
verb:  (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
verb:  (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
verb:  (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

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