Also means
to smash (a record)
Usage Note
Pulverizar literally means to reduce to powder or spray a liquid, but in sports and journalism it is widely used figuratively to mean shattering a record (pulverizó el récord mundial). It is a regular -ar verb. The noun pulverizador (m) means a sprayer or atomiser.
Examples
"El atleta pulverizó el récord mundial."
Natural Translation
The athlete smashed the world record.
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