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com·mi·nute    Audio Help   [kom-uh-noot, -nyoot] Pronunciation Key verb, -nut·ed, -nut·ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.to pulverize; triturate.
–adjective
2.comminuted; divided into small parts.
3.powdered; pulverized.

[Origin: 1620–30; < L comminūtus, ptp. of comminuere, equiv. to com- com- + minuere to lessen, akin to minor minor]

com·mi·nu·tion, noun
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com·mi·nute    Audio Help   (kŏm'ə-nōōt', -nyōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   com·mi·nut·ed, com·mi·nut·ing, com·mi·nutes
To reduce to powder; pulverize.


[Latin comminuere, comminūt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + minuere, to lessen; see mei-2 in Indo-European roots.]

com'mi·nu'tion n.
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