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

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

I knew she must’ve had a difficult quest, because she didn’t even try to pulverize me.

From "The Titan's Curse" 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

Figure 17.45 The tip of this small probe oscillates at 23 kHz with such a large amplitude that it pulverizes tissue on contact.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In a corner stood the frame for the grinding-slabs, or metates, and in it the three plates of lava on which the Indian crushes and pulverizes his maize were placed in the convenient slanting position.

From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier

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

I remember being annoyed with this metaphor of a pulverized lemon half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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

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

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

Che drops a few chemicals into the vials, which also contain a small metal bead, and place them into a countertop device that shakes the containers, pulverizing the contents.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 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

Dimple yelled, her voice crashing into him, reaching into his chest, and pulverizing his heart.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon