as in to grind
to reduce to fine particles
eons of incessant pounding by the waves have comminuted the once-rocky shoreline into a bed of fine-grained sand
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Recent Examples of comminute
The report of displacement (out of alignment) is not as worrisome as if the fracture was comminuted (pieces).
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Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Nov. 2017
Also, this prognosis is rooted in my hopefulness the fracture is not comminuted (in multiple pieces), as that might prolong the timeline by a couple of weeks.
—Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Nov. 2017
Also, this prognosis is rooted in my hopefulness the fracture is not comminuted (in multiple pieces), as that might prolong the timeline by a couple of weeks.
—Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comminute
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The fact that everybody was there and everyone was grinding, there was that little extra motivation to really get this thing going.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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This precise semiautomatic machine can grind your beans, push out balanced shots, and froth your milk.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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That first flight on April 28, 2021, was deep within the COVID-19 pandemic that pounded the airline industry.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Play was suspended a couple of times because of severe weather, the occasional pounding rain and possibly lightning.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 July 2025
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That’s the rivalry, contained in two points: the creativity and improvisational feel of Alcaraz; the crushing technical brilliance of Sinner.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The biggest hole on the Phillies' roster is in the bullpen following Jose Alvarado's crushing suspension.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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Pallets of jurema bark, powdered and shredded, in a storage room at one of Akasha Song’s production facilities.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Makeup patted him down—he’d worked up a coat of sweat during the setup—and powdered him up; the costumer threw his shirt on him.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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Netflix won’t be unhappy, however, beating its 107 nominations from last year to put it in second place, thanks to big mornings for Adolescence, which got 13, 11 noms for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and 10 for Black Mirror.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
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Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter on Tuesday, reporting earnings of $5.24 a share and $45.68 billion in revenue during the period.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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The logs can be cut, milled, sanded and finished just like real wood, and the layers mimic the growth rings of a tree, making the product as aesthetically pleasing as the real thing.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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La Tourangelle mills a range of nut oils at its facility in northwest Woodland, powered by a solar farm producing 350 kilowatt-hours of electricity.—
Camila Pedrosa
July 6,
Sacbee.com,
6 July 2025
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It is pulverized until the granules become very fine, almost chalky in their consistency.—
Molly Baz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 June 2025
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Word is, Julia and Adriana’s bond will be pulverized like mint in a mojito over the course of Real Housewives of Miami season seven.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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After that group disintegrated, the pair linked up with the guitarist and drummer of another band, Mythology — Iommi and Bill Ward — in late 1968 and formed a sextet called the Polka Tulk Blues Band.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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Substantial, but not so much so that the bun will disintegrate from rivers of juice.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 July 2025
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“Comminute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comminute. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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