comminuting

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comminuting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.
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