comminution

  • 61syntripsis — syn·trip·sis (sin tripґsis) [syn + tripsis] 1. the comminution or crushing of a bone. 2. comminuted fracture …

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  • 62abrasion — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abrasive, abstraction, atomization, attrition, beating, blemish, break, brecciation, buffing, burn, burnishing, chafe, chafing, check, chip, comminution, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, crumbling, crushing …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 63atomization — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abrasion, aeration, aerification, alpha decay, alteration, analysis, anatomization, atom chipping, atom smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, attrition, beating, beta decay, bombardment, breakup,… …

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  • 64attrition — Synonyms and related words: abatement, ablation, abrasion, abrasive, absorption, apologies, assimilation, atomization, attenuation, ayenbite of inwit, beating, bitterness, blunting, brecciation, buffing, burning up, burnishing, chafe, chafing,… …

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  • 65beating — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, abrasion, alternate, arrhythmia, atomization, attrition, bang, barrage, bash, bastinado, basting, bat, battery, beat, belt, belting, biff, blow, bonk, brecciation, buffeting, cadenced, cadent, caning, chop,… …

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  • 66crumbling — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abrasion, atomization, attrition, beating, breakup, brecciation, coming apart, comminution, corrosion, cracking, crushing, decadent, decay, declining, decomposition, decrepit, degenerate, degradation,… …

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  • 67disintegration — Synonyms and related words: abrasion, amiable weakness, atomization, attrition, beating, biodegradability, biodegradation, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakability, breakup, brecciation, brittleness, carnage, changeableness, collapse, comminution,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 68grating — Synonyms and related words: abrasion, absonant, ajar, andiron, annoying, antagonistic, antipathetic, arabesque, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, atomization, atonal, attrition, basketry, basketwork, beating, bolter …

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  • 69grinding — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, application, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, atomization, attrition, attritive, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, beating …

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  • 70mashing — Synonyms and related words: abrasion, atomization, attrition, beating, brecciation, comminution, crumbling, crushing, detrition, disintegration, fragmentation, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding, levigation, pounding, powdering,… …

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