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# pulverised

«pulverised» in Mova's school dictionary: **Crushed into powder or tiny pieces: «pulverised rock»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (past of pulverise: pulverise, pulverises, pulverised, pulverising; US pulverize, pulverized); adjective (pulverised)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Crushed into powder or tiny pieces: «pulverised rock», «pulverised coal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#m1)

2) (informal) Beaten very heavily in a game or fight: «Our team got pulverised 7–0.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#m2)

3) Completely destroyed: «The old building was pulverised by the wrecking ball.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and cooking it describes grinding solids into powder (rock, chalk, spices); in sport reports it is a strong, playful word for a huge defeat. Phrases: «pulverised into dust», «pulverised rock», «got pulverised».

### examples

- The miners pulverised the rock to get the gold out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#x1)
- We pulverised chalk to make paint powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#x2)
- The pestle pulverised the spices in the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#x3)
- Our football team got pulverised by the champions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#x4)
- The glacier pulverised the stones into fine sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#x5)
- The old car was pulverised in the crusher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/#x6)

### note

UK spelling: pulverised; US: pulverized. Noun: pulverisation. Science: crushing a solid into powder does not change what it is made of; it is a physical change, not a chemical one, and the powder dissolves faster because it has more surface.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pulverised» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulverised/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.