1. (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.

2. (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily.

abrade annihilate atomize bang baste batter beat bray break into pieces break to pieces break up brecciate buck buffet cleave comminute contriturate crash crumb crumble crunch crush cut to pieces decimate demolish destroy devastate diffuse disassemble disintegrate dismantle disperse disrupt drub dynamite fission flail flap flour fragment grain granulate granulize grate grind grind to powder hammer knock lambaste larrup levigate make mincemeat of mash maul mill mince mull paste patter pelt pestle pick to pieces pommel pound powder pull in pieces pull to pieces pummel rap reduce to powder reduce to rubble rend rub out ruin scatter scrunch shard shatter shiver shred sledgehammer smash smash up smatter spank splinter split squash squish sunder take apart tear apart tear down tear to pieces tear to shreds tear to tatters thrash thresh thump total triturate unbuild undo unmake wallop whip wrack up wreck