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Adjective: pulverized  'púl-vu,rIzd
  1. Consisting of fine particles
    "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding";
    - powdered, powdery, pulverised [Brit], small-grained, fine-grained
Verb: pulverize  'púl-vu,rIz
  1. Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
    "pulverize the grains";
    - powderize, powderise [Brit], powder, pulverise [Brit]
     
  2. Severely damage or destroy
    "artillery pulverized the town";
    - demolish, pulverise [Brit]
     
  3. [Brit, informal] Defeat soundly and humiliatingly
    "The home team pulverized the visitors";
    - demolish [informal], destroy, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], pulverise [Brit, informal], annihilate [informal]

See also: fine

Type of: defeat, destroy, destruct, disintegrate, get the better of, overcome, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]