transitive verb. To reduce to powder; pulverize.

Divided into small parts; comminuted.

To make small or fine; reduce to minute particles or to a fine powder by breaking, pounding, braying, rasping, or grinding; pulverize; triturate, levigate.

transitive verb. To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind.

transitive verb. See under Fracture.

verb. To pulverize; to smash.

verb. To cause fragmentation of bone, an intense skull fracture.

verb. To break into smaller portions.

noun. pulverized material

verb. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

"For here again it is because the mouth fails to perform its office and fails even more completely-for birds have no teeth at all, nor any instrument whatsoever with which to comminute or grind down their food-it is,"

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comminuted  comminuting  

breakup  fragment  fragmentise  fragmentize  

mill  pestle  pulp  

grind  pulverize  triturate  

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