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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Comminute

· Com·mi·nute · IPA /ˈkɑ.mɪ.njuːt/
01 v. t. To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute foo…
imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting
  1. 1.
    To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth.
Phrases & compounds
Comminuted fracture — See under Fracture.