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pulvériser

to pulverise

verb pool-veh-ree-ZEH Rare
Body & Health

Origin: Latin pulverizare, from pulvis (dust)

Also means

to smash (a record)

Usage Note

Pulvériser literally means to reduce to dust or spray as a fine mist — pulvériser un insecticide ('to spray an insecticide'). Colloquially it means to shatter a record or destroy an opponent decisively — pulvériser un record du monde is 'to smash a world record'. The noun is pulvérisation.

Examples

"Il a pulvérisé le record national."

Natural Translation

He smashed the national record.

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