comminute

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”).

There is not much smoke; but to set against this there is a vast deal of dust, plenty from the streets, and still more from the tailings and other heaps of highly comminuted ore-refuse. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
"Chawed up" is a very strong expression, and is employed to signify the most complete state of discomfiture and defeat, when a man is as much crushed, mashed, and comminuted, morally speaking, as if he had literally and corporeally undergone the process of mastication. — The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, Percival Leigh

grind, mash, crunch, bray

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