powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise
(verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; “pulverize the grains”
powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise
(verb) become powder or dust; “When it was blown up, the building powderized”
demolish, pulverize, pulverise
(verb) destroy completely; “the wrecking ball demolished the building”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pulverise (third-person singular simple present pulverises, present participle pulverising, simple past and past participle pulverised)
(transitive) To render into dust or powder.
(transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
(transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
(intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
• prelusive, repulsive
Source: Wiktionary
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
