pulverize

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

To overwhelm or defeat utterly.

To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.

To reduce to fine powder, as by pounding, grinding, etc.

To become reduced to fine powder; fall to dust.

In ornithology, to roll or wallow in the dust; take a sand- or dust-bath, as a hen or partridge.

Also spelled pulverise.

To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like.

To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

Alternative spelling of pulverise.