Triturate

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  • transitive verb. To rub, crush, grind, or pound into fine particles or a powder; pulverize.
  • noun. A triturated substance, especially a powdered drug.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rub, grind, or bruise; specifically, to grind to a powder.
  • In physiology, to grind with the grinders; masticate with the molar teeth; chew to a pulp.
  • noun. A form of medicine in which an active substance has been thoroughly powdered and mixed by rubbing up with sugar of milk.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.
  • transitive verb. To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  • verb. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  • verb. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
    • Word Usage
    "Assail me and you irrevocably ravish your own integrity, triturate your own sculpted truths."
    cross-reference
    tablet triturate  
    Form
    triturated  triturating  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grind  
    verb-form
    triturated  triturates  triturating  
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