pulverize

With his golden ponytail, dry sense of humor and uncanny ability to pulverize soccer balls, the 6-foot-5 superstar has established himself as a World Cup sensation—and Norway’s largest ambassador.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Instead of run-and-jump challenges, Donkey Kong here has the ability to pulverize his surroundings, exploring worlds by pounding holes in the ground or destroying the walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025

Do not pulverize in a machine, just chop fine, then mix with crumbs and coconut in a bowl and set aside.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

Why do pebbles pulverize after they leave the comet?

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024

Something about the way she looked at the frieze, as if she wanted to pulverize it.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

In this recipe at Food & Wine, David Chang "pulverizes the kombu to a powder and blends it with softened butter to baste striped bass fillets."

From Salon ● May 14, 2024

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK—Every year, Ranga Dias pulverizes about $100,000 in diamonds, crushing them to a gray powder he tosses in the trash.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 26, 2021

But in rare instances, “we have seen a failure mode where the core pulverizes and falls back into the hole.”

From Scientific American ● Aug. 12, 2021

The NFL doesn’t settle, at least not this soon; it pulverizes.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2019

It is true that it pulverizes the soil for a depth of two or three inches, and thus much improves its appearance, benefiting it, without doubt, for the earliest stages of the growth of plants.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

Plunging some 4,000 feet into a valley below, the ice pulverized into water upon impact to create a devastating flood, with the rock debris adding to the destructive power of the ice-and-rock avalanche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Drizzle with the melted butter and olive oil, then toss gently until the cracker pieces are coated but not pulverized.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Boos followed Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during a visit to a Caracas neighborhood pulverized by two massive earthquakes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

The 17-year-old from Cross Ash, Monmouthshire, had been racing downhill mountain bikes since he was eight, wanting to "go fast all the time", when he crashed before a race and pulverized one of his kidneys.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025

By the time Admiral Conolly was done, the Japanese beach defenses were pulverized.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

From the first notes of its new single “Specter” — a brooding vocal workout for Sebastian that ended on pulverizing riffs — Bad Omens used cutting-edge tools and underground influence to elicit arena-rock catharsis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Yet Garrett’s ability to rack up sacks in spite of the Browns’ woes makes him an extraordinary outlier among the small club of elite players who specialize in pulverizing quarterbacks into dust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

It can handle 10 panels a minute, as many as 7,500 a day, extracting bits of copper and silver and aluminum, and pulverizing most of the rest into a gritty powder.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

In contrast, corn chips are created by pulverizing corn kernels into a dough, mixing it with water, and subjecting the slurry to intense heat and pressure using an extruder.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2023

She leaped aside as the monster struck, pulverizing the ground in front of her.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan