pulverize
/ˈpʌl·vəˌrɑɪz/ v [T]Definition
› to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass: Seashells were pulverized by the ocean’s waves. infml Our team aims to pulverize the competition (= badly defeat them).
(Definition of pulverize v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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