"pulverate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pulverates [present, singular, third-person], pulverating [participle, present], pulverated [participle, past], pulverated [past]
Etymology: From Latin pulveratus, past participle of pulverare (“to pulverize”). See pulverize. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pulveratus}} Latin pulveratus, {{m|la|pulverare|t=to pulverize}} pulverare (“to pulverize”), {{m|en|pulverize}} pulverize Head templates: {{en-verb}} pulverate (third-person singular simple present pulverates, present participle pulverating, simple past and past participle pulverated)
  1. (transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pulverate-en-verb-XrMLP1TI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pulverate meaning in English (1.5kB)

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