Synonyms of pulverize

pulverize

verb

ˈpəl-və-ˌrīz 

1

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

buildings pulverized by a killer tornado

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• demolish
• shatter
• ruin
• devastate
• smash
• wreck
• overcome
• annihilate
• vaporize
• damage
• decimate
• waste
• erode
• raze
• extinguish
• crush
• ravage
• cream
• desolate
• cripple
• kill
• tear down
• dismantle
• pull down
• mar
• nuke
• remove
• defeat
• rub out
• subdue
• total
• injure
• break
• blast
• conquer
• wrack
• disintegrate
• do in
• dissolve
• lick
• best
• mutilate
• spoil
• obliterate
• surmount
• disfigure
• impair
• eradicate
• whip
• thrash
• harm
• mangle
• deteriorate
• master
• beat
• clobber
• rout
• win (against)
• prevail (over)
• trim
• trounce
• vitiate
• dynamite
• deface
• wear (away)
• triumph (over)
• exterminate
• assassinate
• sweep (away)
• scour
• sack
• scotch
• disassemble
• extirpate
• overbear
• expunge
• blow up
• liquidate
• slay
• trample
• slaughter
• overmatch
• undo
• unmake
• wipe out
• execute
• plunder
• wash out
• fell
• drub
• take down
• efface
• despoil
• wallop
• gut
• blot out
• zap
• havoc
• cut down
• loot
• pillage
• snuff (out)
• stamp (out)
• butcher
• vandalize
• kill off
• murder
• massacre
• take out
• trash
• mow (down)
• dispatch
• dilapidate
• root (out)
• unbuild
• skunk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• raise
• erect
• create
• set up
• produce
• repair
• put up
• make
• fix
• patch
• rear
• form
• establish
• assemble
• mend
• found
• invent
• manufacture
• protect
• organize
• constitute
• shape
• preserve
• save
• fabricate
• forge
• mold
• recondition
• bring about
• institute
• conserve
• restore
• frame
• fashion
• revamp
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• doctor
• father
• renovate
• remodel

2

as in to grind

to reduce to fine particles

pulverize the cement into dust for reuse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grind
• crush
• pound
• beat
• disintegrate
• powder
• mill
• atomize
• crumble
• smash
• comminute
• mull
• bray
• grate
• shatter
• break
• fracture
• fragment
• crunch
• splinter
• bust
• dash
• kibble
• micronize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pulverize

The garbanzos are sometimes roasted before pulverizing, lending the yellow powder a richer, nuttier taste. — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 25 June 2026

But the biggest beef to be had is in Sarnoski’s insistence to bludgeon us with pulverizing violence, which grows tiresome and repetitive in the carnage-spewing initial 30 minutes. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

No previous American leader could plausibly have presided over the scene of a tattooed Brazilian fighter in a black cowboy hat and Lycra shorts running out of the White House, saluted by honor guards, with the intent of pulverizing another human being. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

And don't pulverize clay into dust—this worsens soil compaction. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 June 2026