pulvériser — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dust noun Fine, dry particles of dirt, skin, pollen, and other matter that settle on surfaces or float in the air.
- obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
- powder noun A dry substance made of fine loose particles.
- pulverise verb To render into dust or powder.
- spray noun A fine mist of liquid released into the air.
- sputter noun Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
- trounce verb To beat severely; to thrash.
Senses
pulvériser is used for these senses in English:
- dust (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- obliterate To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- powder (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- powder (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- spray (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
- spray (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
- sputter (physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
- trounce (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
dust — full definition
- noun Fine, dry particles of dirt, skin, pollen, and other matter that settle on surfaces or float in the air.
- verb To wipe or brush dust off a surface.
- verb To sprinkle a fine powder or substance over something.
obliterate — full definition
- verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
- verb To rub out or make text or a mark impossible to read.