9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
verb destroy completely
verb become powder or dust
verb make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
originFrom Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser. By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) + -ise.
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