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comminute

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of comminute

atomize, beat, bray, crush, disintegrate, grind, mill, mull, pound, powder, pulverize
Words Related to comminute

grate, kibble

crumble, crunch

break, bust, dash, fracture, fragment

shatter, smash, splinter

micronize

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