pulverize

Back when McIlroy first rose to stardom, he turned heads with his ability to pulverize the ball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The site, south of Rogers’ polo field, also was used to pulverize concrete removed from burned properties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 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 thought it was pretty funny how she was rolling her eyes and laughing at me anyways because you know how I love to pulverize my already sketchy self-esteem?

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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 usually made of over-lapping heavy planks, and when floated over the surface, it both pulverizes and packs the soil.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee

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

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

Those efforts could be in vain if Haiti’s local economy is pulverized, making recovery efforts more challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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 gave her the pulverized wing of a spotted oak moth.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

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

“Or Mars—whichever. Maybe that’s why I’m not pulverizing you for asking so many questions.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan