Com`mi*nu"tion (?), n.
1.
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Bentley.
2. Surg.
Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
Dunglison.
3.
Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.
Natural and necessary comminution of our lives.
Johnson.
© Webster 1913.