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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pulverise.

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  • adjective consisting of fine particles

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Examples

  • All human nutriment whatever is derived from what geologists call pulverised rocks, that is, soil.

    Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888

  • A hawker who claimed his produced was "pulverised" by a

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • 'THE Hurt Locker' pulverised 'Avatar' at the BAFTA film awards last night and secured what may be a possibly decisive advantage ahead of the Oscars in two weeks 'time.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Barrier Reef coal carrier leaves 3km killing zone in its wake DOUGLAS Shoal on the Great Barrier Reef has been "pulverised" by the coal carrier Shen Neng 1, which gouged a furrow 3km long and 250m wide in the nine days it was stranded on the coral.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • 'THE Hurt Locker' pulverised 'Avatar' at the BAFTA film awards last night and secured what may be a possibly decisive advantage ahead of the Oscars in two weeks 'time.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • But whatever you do, don't mistake them for small bay leaves. icing sugar - used to be called pulverised sugar, then powdered sugar - not the same as icing mixture, which has cornflour in it as well. jelly - made from something decidedly unkosher (it used to be calves feet

    unknown title 2009

  • He scored spectacular goals, terrorised defenders with his aggression and went over the top when the boots were flying, such as the time he pulverised David Tuttle's testicles during an FA Cup tie against Sheffield United.

    Mark Hughes is unconvincing Judas despite Joorabchian's wound-poking | Rob Bagchi 2011

  • Vast fortunes invested by besotted billionaires have been lost; Sir Thomas Beecham's finances were so pulverised by overindulgence of his passion for the medium that he had to take three years off conducting to put them in order again.

    'Opera has never been more alive' | Simon Callow 2011

  • He scored spectacular goals, terrorised defenders with his aggression and went over the top when the boots were flying, such as the time he pulverised David Tuttle's testicles during an FA Cup tie against Sheffield United.

    Mark Hughes is unconvincing Judas despite Joorabchian's wound-poking | Rob Bagchi 2011

  • And this is true: Gordon Brown had the room renamed in honour of the Conservative prime minister who pulverised the trade unions, privatised the industries, sold off council houses, squeezed the state and routed the Labour party.

    David Cameron's ambivalent relationship with the lady in blue Andrew Rawnsley 2010

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