Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pulverize
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Pulverize
pulverize
(pulverizes, pulverizing, pulverized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'pulverise' 1. To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely. ...the economic policies which pulverised the economy during the 1980s... VERB: V n 2. If someone pulverizes an opponent in an election or competition, they thoroughly defeat them. (INFORMAL) He is set to pulverise his two opponents in the race for the presidency. = thrash VERB: V n 3. If you pulverize something, you make it into a powder by crushing it. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder... The fries are made from pellets of pulverised potato. = grind VERB: V n, V-ed
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verb (-ized; -izing) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulver-, pulvis dust, powder — more at powder Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles ; atomize ~ rock 2. annihilate, demolish intransitive verb to become ~d • pulverizable adjective • pulverization noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (also -ise) 1 tr. reduce to fine particles. 2 tr. & intr. crumble to dust. 3 colloq. tr. a demolish. b defeat utterly. Derivatives pulverizable adj. pulverization n. pulverizator n. pulverizer n. Etymology: ME f. LL pulverizare f. pulvis pulveris dust ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. превращать в порошок; растирать; размельчать 2. превращаться в порошок 3. распылять 4. распыляться 5. спец. пульверизировать 6. разбивать, сокрушать, уничтожать, воен. громить to pulverize an argument —- разбить довод 7. сл. покорить, завоевать (зрителей) a comic who can pulverize any audience —- комик, который может заворожить любую аудиторию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) растирать, размельчать; превращать(ся) в порошок 2) распылять(ся) 3) сокрушать, разбивать (доводы противника) ...Англо-русский словарь
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also -ise BrE v T usually passive 1 to crush something into a powder 2 informal to completely defeat someone - pulverization n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 15c., from L.L. pulverizare "reduce to powder or dust," from L. pulvis (gen. pulveris) "dust." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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