triturate

Verb

Meaning

To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.

To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bray pap mill file press buck mush reduce beat dust powder flour pound fragment pulp
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Antonyms

cleave found make work free develop
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Related terms

trituration triturated triturable tritorium triture triturator

Derivatives

triturated triturating

Examples

As it is certain that worms swallow many little stones, independently of those swallowed while excavating their burrows, it is probable that they serve, like mill-stones, to triturate their food. Charles Darwin

Close letter words and terms

trituberculy tritungsten nonaoxide triturable triturated trituration triturative