pulvériser

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin pulverizāre, from Latin pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”) (whence French poudre). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pyl.ve.ʁi.ze/ === Verb === pulvériser (transitive) to pulverise (to grind into powder) Near-synonym: réduire en poussière (transitive, informal, figuratively) to pulverise (defeat thoroughly) Son principal objectif a toujours été de pulvériser le monde. ― His main objective has always been to destroy the world. to spray (to project as liquid droplets) pulvériser de l'eau sur une plante ― to spray water on a plant ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== pulvérisateur pulvérisation === Further reading === “pulvériser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012