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verb

past tense of comminute
as in crushed
to reduce to fine particles eons of incessant pounding by the waves have comminuted the once-rocky shoreline into a bed of fine-grained sand

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Adjective
  • The fox was both here in this world with the nightingale and the pulverized worm, and also in a narrow pocket just behind it.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • My greatest wish is that this ruling sets a precedent for the Treasury and serves the thousands of ordinary citizens who are abused and crushed every day by a system that presumes their guilt and forces them to prove their innocence at the cost of economic and emotional ruin.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Texas oil companies would get crushed.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • Choosing a water-soluble or micronized powder that mixes easily in your sprayer will help ensure the nitrogen is quickly absorbed by the grass and won’t wash away.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Blue Raspberry rounds out the flavor options and delivers 5 grams of micronized creatine that’s proven to increase strength, support muscle growth and improve workout endurance.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Rockies pounded Keller for six runs on six hits in the fifth to blow open the game.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • The United States and Israel pounded Iran with devastating effectiveness for 37 days, killing much of the country’s leadership and destroying the bulk of its military, yet couldn’t collapse the regime or exact even the smallest concession from it.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • The packets are filled with powdered, crystalized lime and taste like a fresh squeeze.
    Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026
  • Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, physical barriers like metal or plastic edging will not contain ground ivy, thanks to the underground roots.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Acclimating our senses was rooftop breakfast served by a gracious staff who introduced us to Armenian coffee — finely ground into a powder and brewed in a jazzve pot.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Late Saturday, rescue crews were trying to determine whether the ValuJet aircraft disintegrated on impact or partially lodged itself in the soft, marshy terrain of the Everglades.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.
    Jessica Riley, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Seven of the rooms are designed to accommodate guests with reduced mobility or any kind of disability.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
  • However, because this is an analysis of observational studies, the research cannot definitively conclude a cause-and-effect relationship between soy and legume consumption and reduced hypertension risk.
    Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 19 May 2026
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“Comminuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comminuted. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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