pulverise

• pulverize (American and Oxford British spelling)

From Middle English pulverizen, from Latin pulverizō, pulverizāre, from pulvis (“powder”). Compare French pulvériser.^[1] By surface analysis, pulver (“powder”) +‎ -ise.

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pulverise (third-person singular simple present pulverises, present participle pulverising, simple past and past participle pulverised) (non-Oxford British spelling)

1. (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
2. (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
3. (transitive, figurative) To defeat soundly, thrash.
4. (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

   the stone pulverises easily

• pulver (archaic)

• nebulize
• vaporize

• prelusive, repulsive