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pulverize
verbgeneral usecommon/pulvɨɾɨˈzaɾ/pul·ve·ri·zar
Definition
1To reduce to powder or very fine droplets; to spread a liquid in droplets; to destroy or defeat completely.
Usage examples
“The farmer will spray the vineyard with a fungicide.”
“The athlete pulverized the 100-meter world record.”
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Common combinations
to spray insecticideto spray paintspraying machine
Idiomatic expressions
- to pulverize a record (to break a record by a large margin)