comminutes

present tense third-person singular of comminute
as in pounds
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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“Comminutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comminutes. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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