Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.

simple past tense and past participle of comminute

(often mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.

(transitive) To pulverize; to smash. / (medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone). / (transitive) To break into smaller portions.

Pulverized material.

plural of comminution

present participle of comminute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comminute

plural of comminuter

That which comminutes; a grinding device.