1. reduced to a soft, wet mass by crushing or beating
Usage: past tense and past participle of ‘pulp’
2. destroyed by grinding into pulp, especially books or magazines
Usage: publishing industry term

Examples

• The oranges were pulped to make fresh juice.
• After the storm, the fallen apples were completely pulped.
• The unsold magazines were pulped at the recycling plant.
• She pulped the tomatoes for the sauce.
• The old textbooks were pulped rather than donated.
• The fruit had been pulped by the heavy machinery.