pulverize
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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
Heavy excavation machines bash giant concrete blocks into more manageable chunks, before grinders pulverize the material into 1- to 3-inch rocks, which can be recycled.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025
"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
Nearly all pundits also predicted Oregon to pulverize Washington in the Pac-12 championship game, particularly up front.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023
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
Vocabulary lists containing pulverize
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