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transitive verb \ˈkä-mə-ˌnüt, -ˌnyüt\com·mi·nut·edcom·mi·nut·ing
Definition of COMMINUTE
: to reduce to minute particles : pulverize
— com·mi·nu·tion \ˌkä-mə-ˈnü-shən, -ˈnyü-\ noun
Examples of COMMINUTE
- <eons of incessant pounding by the waves have comminuted the once-rocky shoreline into a bed of fine-grained sand>
Origin of COMMINUTE
Latin comminutus, past participle of comminuere, from com- + minuere to lessen — more at minor
First Known Use: 1626
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Rhymes with COMMINUTE
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com·mi·nute
transitive verb \ˈkäm-ə-ˌn(y)üt\ (Medical Dictionary)com·mi·nut·edcom·mi·nut·ing
Medical Definition of COMMINUTE
: to reduce to minute particles <prolonged trituration to comminute a therapeutic agent>
—com·mi·nu·tion \ˌkäm-ə-ˈn(y)ü-shən\ noun
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