pulverize

Other forms of pulverize

past tense

pulverized·

present participle

pulverizing·

third person

pulverizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pulverize

What does pulverize mean?

pulverize means "make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pulverize?

pulverize has 3 syllables: pul-ve-rize. The stress falls on "pul". In IPA it is /ˈpʌlvɚˌaɪz/.

What is another word for pulverize?

Close synonyms include powderize, powderise, powder, pulverise, demolish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pulverize a common word?

pulverize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pulverize?

34 words rhyme with pulverize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.