pulverise
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
- (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
- (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pulvériser derived from Latin pulverizo, pulverizare.
Origin
Latin
pulverizo, pulverizare
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pulverisation English
- pulveriser English
- pulverizo, pulverizare Latin
- polverizzare Italian
- pulvérisateur French
- pulvérisation French
- pulvériser French
- pulverizar Spanish, Castilian
- pulverizar Portuguese