"pulverize" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-pulverize.ogg [US] Forms: pulverizes [present, singular, third-person], pulverizing [participle, present], pulverized [participle, past], pulverized [past]
Etymology: From French pulvériser. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pulvériser}} French pulvériser Head templates: {{en-verb}} pulverize (third-person singular simple present pulverizes, present participle pulverizing, simple past and past participle pulverized)
  1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of pulverise Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pulverise Synonyms: pulverise (english: non-Oxford British English)
    Sense id: en-pulverize-en-verb-Bfib5XJa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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