All comminute synonyms
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C c verb comminute
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- bruise β A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- mash β to flirt with; court the affections of.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- trample β to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- scrape β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- shatter β to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- powder β British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
- total β constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- pulverize β to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- tread β to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- crunch β If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
- hug β to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- wrinkle β an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- squish β to squeeze or squash.
- buck β A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
- romp β to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.
- bray β When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
- rumple β to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
- crease β Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- contuse β to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- grind β to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grate β a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- atomize β to separate or be separated into free atoms
- crystallize β If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- granulate β to form into granules or grains.
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- shiver β to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- file β a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- mill β Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- rasp β to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- crumple β If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- kibble β to grind or divide into particles or pellets, as coarse-ground meal or prepared dry dog food.
- pestle β a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- pummel β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- wallop β to beat soundly; thrash.
- pulse β the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas, beans, or lentils.
- belabor β If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.