COMMINUTE

grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute

(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; “grind the spices in a mortar”; “mash the garlic”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

comminute (third-person singular simple present comminutes, present participle comminuting, simple past and past participle comminuted)

(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.

(medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone).

(transitive) To break into smaller portions.

Noun

comminute (countable and uncountable, plural comminutes)

Pulverized material.

Source: Wiktionary

Com"mi*nute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] Etym: [L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.]

Definition: To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition