Comminute (Verb)
Meaning
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The pharmaceutical company uses a machine to comminute the tablets into a fine powder for easier consumption.
- They comminute the herbs to release their natural oils and flavors.
- Bones are often comminuted in accidents that cause severe fractures.
- The machine is used to comminute the rocks into smaller particles for analysis.
- After the accident, the doctors had to surgically repair the comminuted fracture in her leg.