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pulverizing

[puhl-vuh-rahyz]

pul·ver·ize

[puhl-vuh-rahyz] verb, pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
2.
to demolish or crush completely.
3.
Slang. to defeat, hurt badly, or, figuratively, render helpless: The Kid pulverized Jackson with a series of brutal lefts. He's a veteran nightclub comic who can pulverize any audience in seconds.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become reduced to dust.

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Pulverizing is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Also, especially British, pul·ver·ise.


Origin:
1575–85; < Late Latin pulverizāre to reduce to powder, equivalent to Latin pulver- (stem of pulvis; akin to pollen) dust + -izāre -ize

pul·ver·iz·a·ble, adjective
pul·ver·i·za·tion, noun
pul·ver·iz·er, noun
sub·pul·ver·iz·er, noun
un·pul·ver·ized, adjective
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