pulverize Definition

pulverize
pulverise
verb pulverized, pulverizing

tr & intr
1. To crush or crumble to dust or powder.

Thesaurus: grind, granulate, hammer, crush, pestle, pound, flatten, mill.
2. colloq
To defeat utterly; to annihilate.
Thesaurus: destroy, demolish, annihilate, wreck.

Derivative: pulverization
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin pulverizare, from pulvis dust.