pulverise

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʌlvəɹaɪz/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpʌlvəɹɑjz/
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• Northern-England: /ˈpʊlvəɹaɪz/
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˈpʌlvəɾaɪz/
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From Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser. By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) + -ise.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَتَّتَ (fattata) — to render into dust or powder
• Bulgarian: разпрашавам (razprašavam) — to render into dust or powder
• Catalan: polvoritzar — to render into dust or powder
• Literary Chinese: 齏 (jī) — to render into dust or powder
• Chinese Mandarin: 碾碎 (niǎnsuì) — to render into dust or powder
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉碎 (fěnsuì) — to render into dust or powder
• Chinese Mandarin: 研 (yán) — to render into dust or powder
• Danish: pulverisere — to render into dust or powder
• Danish: formale — to render into dust or powder
• Dutch: fijnwrijven — to render into dust or powder
• Dutch: doen verstuiven — to render into dust or powder
• Dutch: vermorzelen — to render into dust or powder
• Finnish: jauhaa — to render into dust or powder
• Finnish: hienontaa — to render into dust or powder
• French: pulvériser — to render into dust or powder
• Georgian: დაფხვნა (dapxvna) — to render into dust or powder
• Georgian: დაფშვნა (dapšvna) — to render into dust or powder
• German: pulverisieren — to render into dust or powder
• German: zerpulvern — to render into dust or powder
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (diswinþjan) — to render into dust or powder
• Italian: polverizzare — to render into dust or powder
• Latin: conterō — to render into dust or powder
• Latin: comminuo — to render into dust or powder
• Māori: whakanehu — to render into dust or powder
• Māori: tāpā — to render into dust or powder
• Māori: tāpāpā — to render into dust or powder
• Middle English: knokken — to render into dust or powder
• Polish: pokruszyć — to render into dust or powder
• Polish: sproszkować — to render into dust or powder
• Portuguese: pulverizar — to render into dust or powder
• Romanian: pulveriza — to render into dust or powder
• Russian: превраща́ть в порошо́к (prevraščátʹ v porošók) — to render into dust or powder
• Scottish Gaelic: meil — to render into dust or powder
• Spanish: pulverizar — to render into dust or powder
• Spanish: polvorizar — to render into dust or powder
• Spanish: polvificar — to render into dust or powder
• Swedish: pulverisera — to render into dust or powder
• Thai: บด (bòt) — to render into dust or powder
• Thai: บดเป็นผง — to render into dust or powder
• Thai: ภัสมธุลี — to render into dust or powder
• Yiddish: פּולוועריזירן (pulverizirn) — to render into dust or powder
• Danish: pulverisere — to completely destroy
• Finnish: murskata — to completely destroy
• Georgian: გაცამტვერება (gacamṭvereba) — to completely destroy
• Georgian: განადგურება (ganadgureba) — to completely destroy
• Irish: múr — to completely destroy
• Irish: púdraigh — to completely destroy
• Māori: whakanehu — to completely destroy
• Russian: дроби́ть (drobítʹ) — to completely destroy
• Russian: измельча́ть (izmelʹčátʹ) — to completely destroy
• Russian: распыля́ть (raspyljátʹ) — to completely destroy
• Scottish Gaelic: meil — to completely destroy
• Thai: บด (bòt) — to completely destroy
• Thai: ทําให้แหลก — to completely destroy
• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — to defeat soundly
• Danish: pulverisere — to defeat soundly
• Finnish: murskata — to defeat soundly
• Georgian: დამარცხება (damarcxeba) — to defeat soundly
• Armenian: փոշիանալ (pʻošianal) — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Bulgarian: разпрашавам се (razprašavam se) — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Finnish: jauhautua — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Finnish: hienontua — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Polish: obrócić się w proch — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Russian: превраща́ться в порошо́к (prevraščátʹsja v porošók) — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Thai: บด (bòt) — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Thai: บดเป็นผง — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder
• Thai: ภัสมธุลี — intransitive: to be rendered into dust or powder