comminutes

present tense third-person singular of comminute
as in pounds
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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Verb
  • Teams go bonkers when the player pounds their school name on the bracket.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • Rain pounds down in a stinging curtain.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • The Food Processor quickly chops, slices, and shreds a wide array of ingredients for unlimited culinary creations, while the Coffee & Spice Grinder efficiently grinds coffee beans, spices, and herbs for superior flavor and potency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • With a range of 50 to 300 kilometers, the drones, all made in Ukraine, are designed to throttle the Russian army’s logistics – adding a new dimension of strikes to Ukraine’s strategy as the war grinds through its fifth year.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • This mandate creates an environment that crushes most of the students it is intended to develop.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • For someone already carrying that kind of low-grade worry, a surprise $4,000 surgery bill is the type of shock that crushes a stable-looking budget.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 June 2026
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  • England or Ghana are the likeliest candidates unless group mate Panama, who’s already eliminated, beats England on Saturday — in which case rip up your predictions and embrace the chaos.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 27 June 2026
  • On the verify level, one action beats everything else combined.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
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