pulverising
Reducing to dust
Pulverising is the British spelling of pulverizing—reducing something to powder or dust through crushing, grinding, or pounding: The mill pulverises grain into flour.
Figuratively, to pulverise is to defeat or destroy utterly: The home team pulverised their opponents 7-0.
The word suggests complete demolition, whether physical or metaphorical.
Destroying a structure completely
- obliteratingDestroying beyond recognition
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
wrecking · shattering · decimating · razing · ruining · levelling · bulldozing · reducing to rubble
Overwhelming in intensity
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- powderingApplying fine particles
- granulatingForming into particles
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
pestle · grinder · flour · dust · particles · fine · pulp · atomising
Overwhelming in intensity
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
overwhelming · dominating · humiliating · decimating · routing · walloping · hammering · drubbing
demolishing
Destroying a structure completely
- obliteratingDestroying beyond recognition
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
- devastatingCausing severe damage
smashing · wrecking · shattering · decimating · razing · ruining · levelling · bulldozing · reducing to rubble · flattening
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- powderingApplying fine particles
- granulatingForming into particles
mortar · pestle · grinder · flour · dust · particles · fine · pulp · atomising · disintegrating
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
destroying · overwhelming · dominating · humiliating · decimating · routing · walloping · hammering · drubbing · steamrolling
pounding
Forceful repeated striking
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- strikingNoticeably impressive
beating · bombardment · blasting · impacting · ramming · collision · force · pressure · compression · jackhammer
pulverisingassembling
Fitting parts together
consolidating · compacting · fusing · solidifying · aggregating
pulverisinglosing
Failing to win
surrendering · capitulating · drawing · tying · struggling
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