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Synonyms for triturate

Most common

powder grind bray crumble pulverize comminute levigate US

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.

Related words

Word family
triturated trituration

Forms

Past participle
triturated
e.g. triturated → pounded, powdered, beaten, grinded…

Example sentences

  • powder Is Algeria really a huge powder keg ready to blow?
  • grind You need to take a step back from the daily grind.
  • bray A donkey in a lion's skin exposes itself with its bray.
  • crumble Leon and Rima’s relationship continued to crumble.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
trituratefalling
powdersteady
grindsteady
brayrising
crumblerising
pulverizesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
beat1, bray1
5 letters
pound1, grind1
6 letters
powder2
7 letters
crumble2
8 letters
levigate
9 letters
pulverize3, pulverise, comminute, laevigate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (powder2 = 2 syllables).