Today’s “Word of the Day” is “pulverise” and it is a verb meaning “crush, demolish, destroy, thrash, smash, trounce, flatten, defeat utterly”.
Example Sentence: The shock of Russia’s full-scale invasion has been replaced, one year on, by horror at the toll that it has taken on Ukraine. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost, including those of civilians; tens of thousands have been injured, and more bear psychological scars. The country’s infrastructure has been pulverised. In September, an estimate suggested that rebuilding Ukraine would cost upwards of $349bn, a figure that will have risen sharply. Millions have fled their homes and often their country too.
This word is present in The Guardian view on war in Ukraine: reshaping the world and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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