Synonyms of pulverizing

pulverizing

verb

present participle of pulverize

1

as in destroying

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

buildings pulverized by a killer tornado

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• demolishing
• shattering
• ruining
• wrecking
• devastating
• smashing
• overcoming
• damaging
• wasting
• annihilating
• vaporizing
• crushing
• eroding
• decimating
• extinguishing
• razing
• creaming
• ravaging
• marring
• totalling
• blasting
• dismantling
• crippling
• totaling
• killing
• tearing down
• nuking
• defeating
• pulling down
• removing
• wracking
• breaking
• doing in
• subduing
• desolating
• injuring
• disintegrating
• conquering
• dissolving
• whipping
• licking
• trimming
• rubbing out
• mastering
• mutilating
• thrashing
• spoiling
• impairing
• deteriorating
• surmounting
• dynamiting
• mangling
• beating
• routing
• harming
• walloping
• disfiguring
• prevailing (over)
• obliterating
• eradicating
• winning (against)
• slaughtering
• clobbering
• defacing
• scouring
• wearing (away)
• besting
• gutting
• vitiating
• disassembling
• trouncing
• triumphing (over)
• sweeping (away)
• undoing
• trampling
• plundering
• murdering
• exterminating
• assassinating
• executing
• extirpating
• sacking
• expunging
• overmatching
• vandalizing
• liquidating
• blowing up
• washing out
• scotching
• looting
• drubbing
• despoiling
• wiping out
• pillaging
• slaying
• massacring
• dispatching
• taking down
• overbearing
• trashing
• effacing
• cutting down
• stamping (out)
• zapping
• butchering
• blotting out
• unmaking
• rooting (out)
• felling
• skunking
• killing off
• unbuilding
• dilapidating
• snuffing (out)
• mowing (down)
• taking out
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• raising
• erecting
• creating
• repairing
• rearing
• fixing
• producing
• setting up
• making
• forming
• shaping
• assembling
• putting up
• manufacturing
• establishing
• inventing
• forging
• organizing
• molding
• protecting
• fashioning
• reconditioning
• fabricating
• constituting
• framing
• preserving
• patching
• revamping
• saving
• mending
• instituting
• bringing about
• doctoring
• founding
• conserving
• reconstructing
• restoring
• rebuilding
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

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• building
• constructing
• raising
• erecting
• creating
• repairing
• rearing
• fixing
• producing
• setting up
• making
• forming
• shaping
• assembling
• putting up
• manufacturing
• establishing
• inventing
• forging
• organizing
• molding
• protecting
• fashioning
• reconditioning
• fabricating
• constituting
• framing
• preserving
• patching
• revamping
• saving
• mending
• instituting
• bringing about
• doctoring
• founding
• conserving
• reconstructing
• restoring
• rebuilding
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

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2

as in grinding

to reduce to fine particles

pulverize the cement into dust for reuse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinding
• crushing
• pounding
• beating
• disintegrating
• powdering
• milling
• comminuting
• atomizing
• crumbling
• smashing
• braying
• mulling
• grating
• shattering
• fracturing
• breaking
• crunching
• fragmenting
• splintering
• dashing
• busting
• kibbling
• micronizing