- pulverise
- British variant of pulverize
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pulverise
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pulvérisé — pulvérisé, ée (pul vé ri zé, zée) part. passé de pulvériser. • Les glaces pulvérisées par la violence du choc s élèvent en tourbillons de poussière à une grande hauteur, SAUSSURE Voy. Alpes, t. II, p. 260, dans POUGENS. Par extension. • Le … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
pulverise — (Brit.) v. crush, grind into fine particles (also pulverize) … English contemporary dictionary
pulverisé — Pulverisé, [pulveris]ée. part … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
pulverise — verb a) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder. b) To defeat soundly, thrash … Wiktionary
Pulverise — defeat overwhelmingly, as a fighter … Dictionary of Australian slang
pulverise — Australian Slang defeat overwhelmingly, as a fighter … English dialects glossary
pulverise — pul|ver|ise [ pʌlvə,raız ] a British spelling of pulverize … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pulverise — UK [ˈpʌlvəraɪz] / US [ˈpʌlvəˌraɪz] pulverize … English dictionary
pulverise — [c]/ˈpʌlvəraɪz / (say pulvuhruyz) verb (pulverised, pulverising) –verb (t) 1. to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding, grinding, etc. 2. to demolish. 3. Colloquial to defeat overwhelmingly, as a fighter. –verb (i) 4. to become reduced to dust …
pulverise — verb 1. become powder or dust When it was blown up, the building powderized • Syn: ↑powderize, ↑pulverize, ↑powderise • Derivationally related forms: ↑pulverisation, ↑pulverization ( … Useful english dictionary
