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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Comminute \Com"mi*nute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of
     comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See
     Minute.]
     To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to
     pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or
     bones; to comminute food with the teeth. --Pennant.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Comminute \Com"mi*nute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of
     comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See
     Minute.]
     To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to
     pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or
     bones; to comminute food with the teeth. --Pennant.
  
     Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  comminute
       v : reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
           "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind,
            mash, crunch, bray]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  comminute
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la comminūtus  voc m s)
     n.
     pulverized material.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To pulverize; to smash.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  comminute
     n.
     pulverized material.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To pulverize; to smash.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  comminute
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la comminūtus  voc m s)
     n.
     pulverized material.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To pulverize; to smash.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  comminute
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la comminūtus  voc m s)
     n.
     pulverized material.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To pulverize; to smash.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  comminute /kəmˈɪnjuːt/ 
  rozmělnit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  comminute /kəmˈɪnjuːt/ 
  rozdrtit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  comminute /kəmˈɪnjuːt/ 
  rozetřít

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  comminute /kəmˈɪnjuːt/
  izdrobiti, slistiti

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  comminute /kəmˈɪnjuːt/
  1. ezmek, ufalamak, toz haline getirmek.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 使成粉末,粉碎,分割;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使成粉末,粉碎,分割财产

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