comminute

comminute

verb

Definition of COMMINUTE

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>

Synonyms atomize, beat, bray, comminute, crush, disintegrate, grind, mill, mull, pound, pulverize

Related Words grate, kibble; crumble, crunch; break, bust, dash, fracture, fragment; shatter, smash, splinter; micronize