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.