The mower pulverizes grass clippings. Bits of pulverized rock filled the air.
Recent Examples on the WebTransfer to a mortar and pestle; pulverize into a coarse powder, about 1 minute. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2022 When grinding the seeds, be sure to keep them coarse — don’t pulverize them to a powder. Christopher Kimball, USA TODAY, 13 June 2022 Megan has to look at her life the same way, or else the weight of the loss, violence, and vitriol she’s faced will pulverize her. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022 Those missiles were used during the Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq war and are used to pulverize critical infrastructure, like air defense sites and forward bases. John Hudson, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 Putin used the still-murky origins of the Moscow apartment bombings in 1999 as a pretext to pulverize Chechnya and paint himself as the muscular defender of the Russian people, just in time to win his first presidential election. Frida Ghitis, CNN, 1 Apr. 2022 Ukrainian troops and volunteers have managed so far to repel feints by Russian ground forces — leading to fears that the invaders will attempt, from a distance, to simply pulverize the city into submission.Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 Western officials and analysts say the conflict is turning into a grinding war of attrition, with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces using air power and artillery to pulverize cities from a distance. Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2022 Moscow’s strategy in Chechnya and Syria was to use artillery and air bombardments to pulverize cities and crush fighters’ resolve.chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulver-, pulvis dust, powder — more at powder