pulverize

Norman’s ability to pulverize the ball off the tee led him to British Open victories in 1986 and 1993, though his near misses were just as memorable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Then they used a grinder to pulverize the frozen sweets into a coarse powder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

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

"Because there is more comet dust closer to the Sun, we had expected collisions there would pulverize the pebbles that much faster," says Jenniskens.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024

With one more blow, Volkheimer manages to pulverize a big slab of debris, much of it crashing onto his helmet and shoulders, and then it is simply a matter of scrabbling and climbing.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

And repeatedly charging and discharging the battery typically pulverizes the silicon, killing the battery.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2022

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

But Maillefert—by which name I designate the inevitable sledge which spares the grand and pulverizes the little—has built a road around the Quaker City.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend

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

Like the trees cut down and pulverized to make Man-su’s beloved paper products, ultimately we’re all being fed into the shredder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

Retrieving the bodies from the Palestinian territory was difficult because it had been "pulverized," meaning that specialized equipment would be needed to get them out, they added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

I hold my breath as the stench of rotting trash mixes with smoke and pulverized concrete, smashed-up sewers and rot.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Dynamite wrapped in chic pastels, they provide ammunition for a day of pulverizing emails and crushing reformer Pilates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

Instead, regulations centered on coal dust, a separate hazard created by crushing or pulverizing coal rock that also contributes to black lung.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 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