pulverize
verb/pulvɨɾɨˈzaɾ/medium
pul·ve·ri·zar
Definition
To reduce to powder or very fine droplets; to spread a liquid in droplets; to destroy or defeat completely.
The farmer will spray the vineyard with a fungicide.
The athlete pulverized the 100-meter world record.
Common collocations
to spray insecticideto spray paintspraying machine
Idiomatic expressions
- to pulverize a record (to break a record by a large margin)
Etymology
Do latim 'pulverizare', de 'pulvis' (pó).