pulverizer

pul·ver·ize

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [puhl-vuh-rahyz]
- /ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz/
- /ˈpʌlvəraɪzə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puhl-vuh-rahyz]
- /ˈpʌl vəˌraɪz/

Definitions of pulverizer word

verb with object pulverizer to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding. 1
verb with object pulverizer to demolish or crush completely. 1
verb with object pulverizer 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. 1
verb without object pulverizer to become reduced to dust. 1

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Origin of pulverizer

First appearance:

before 1575

One of the 34% oldest English words

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

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Parts of speech for Pulverizer

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pulverizer

pulverizer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for pulverizer

noun pulverizer

grinder — a person or thing that grinds.
mill — Arithmetic and Logic Unit

All 2 Synonyms of pulverizer