Synonyms of pulverizes

pulverizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of pulverize

1

as in destroys

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

buildings pulverized by a killer tornado

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• demolishes
• shatters
• devastates
• ruins
• smashes
• wrecks
• overcomes
• annihilates
• vaporizes
• wastes
• damages
• erodes
• decimates
• extinguishes
• razes
• ravages
• desolates
• dismantles
• crushes
• wracks
• cripples
• mars
• kills
• removes
• nukes
• pulls down
• tears down
• breaks
• blasts
• rubs out
• does in
• defeats
• subdues
• totals
• disintegrates
• creams
• injures
• dissolves
• conquers
• thrashes
• mutilates
• licks
• clobbers
• deteriorates
• disfigures
• surmounts
• obliterates
• whips
• eradicates
• impairs
• mangles
• trounces
• wallops
• spoils
• harms
• masters
• vitiates
• beats
• prevails (over)
• routs
• wins (against)
• defaces
• disassembles
• bests
• dynamites
• undoes
• exterminates
• trims
• assassinates
• scours
• wears (away)
• triumphs (over)
• slays
• tramples
• overbears
• sweeps (away)
• expunges
• slaughters
• plunders
• vandalizes
• guts
• blows up
• effaces
• liquidates
• unmakes
• executes
• extirpates
• despoils
• trashes
• stamps (out)
• washes out
• drubs
• wipes out
• overmatches
• zaps
• takes down
• sacks
• murders
• roots (out)
• loots
• pillages
• cuts down
• scotches
• dispatches
• snuffs (out)
• blots out
• mows (down)
• kills off
• fells
• unbuilds
• takes out
• dilapidates
• butchers
• massacres
• skunks
• havocs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• raises
• constructs
• creates
• erects
• repairs
• produces
• sets up
• makes
• doctors
• rears
• fixes
• manufactures
• invents
• puts up
• assembles
• establishes
• forms
• protects
• constitutes
• shapes
• organizes
• reconditions
• saves
• mends
• brings about
• fathers
• preserves
• founds
• frames
• institutes
• fashions
• restores
• revamps
• conserves
• patches
• fabricates
• forges
• reconstructs
• molds
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

2

as in grinds

to reduce to fine particles

pulverize the cement into dust for reuse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinds
• crushes
• pounds
• disintegrates
• beats
• atomizes
• crumbles
• powders
• mills
• smashes
• brays
• mulls
• grates
• shatters
• comminutes
• breaks
• fractures
• fragments
• crunches
• kibbles
• splinters
• busts
• dashes
• micronizes