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Triturated

Triturate \Trit"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Triturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Triturating.] [L. trituratus, p. p. of triturate to thrash (grain), fr. terere, tritum, to rub, rub to pieces. See Trite.]

  1. To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.

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

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triturated
  1. Ground down; pulverised. v

  2. (en-past of: triturate)

Usage examples of "triturated".

Encased in that metal armour human bodies should have first been triturated by the blast wave then fried by the infrared radiation.

Although the tissue-salts are triturated in a base of lactose (sugar of milk) the sugar content of the tablets is so very tiny that no reaction should be experienced.