Pulverize is to crush into powder, or to demolish.
(verb)When a building is torn down, this is an example of when the building is pulverized.
See pulverize in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb pulverized, pulverizing
Origin: MFr pulveriser < LL pulverizare < L pulvis, powder: see pollen
intransitive verb
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See pulverize in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing, pul·ver·iz·es verb, transitive
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Origin: Middle English pulverizen
Origin: , from Late Latin pulverizāre
Origin: , from Latin pulvis, pulver-, dust
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