PULVERIZATION Synonyms: 178 Similar and Opposite Words

pulverize

verb

ˈpəl-və-ˌrīz

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of buildings pulverized by a killer tornado

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as in to grind

to reduce to fine particles pulverize the cement into dust for reuse

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Recent Examples of pulverize If this is the turnover-prone Smith who put up a 67-yard goose egg against the Chiefs two weeks ago, the Broncos will pulverize Pete Carroll’s team. —

Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025 After pulverizing Gaza so relentlessly that a country founded in the shadow of the Holocaust was judged by experts as complicit in genocide, Israel’s military and intelligence apparatus also struck out elsewhere—Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Syria. —

Karl Vick, Time, 11 Oct. 2025 On both days, nuance was pulverized in the heat of war. —

Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 An impressive marble monument paid for by a relation had been destroyed when a train derailment near the masonry yard pulverized the marker, so Poe received a number on a sandstone grave. —

Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulverize

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Gizmodo continues that the results of the CT scans astonished researchers because her right TMJ, near the ear, had been destroyed.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Half a million acres burned, destroying $300 million in timber and at least 150 homes and other structures.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026