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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).

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