1. to reduce to fine particles or powder by grinding, crushing, or breaking into small fragments
Usage: formal; often used in medical, pharmaceutical, and technical contexts
2. to break a bone into small pieces or fragments
Usage: medical

Examples

• The pharmacist will comminute the herbs into a fine powder for the medicine.
• The accident comminuted the patient's leg bone in several places.
• Industrial mills comminute raw materials to prepare them for processing.
• The chef used a mortar and pestle to comminute the spices.
• A comminuted fracture requires careful surgical intervention.
• The machine comminutes plastic waste into small pellets for recycling.