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All comminute synonyms

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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.
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