triturate
verb (used with object)
to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.
triturated
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past participleof triturate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof triturate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
triturateverb (used with object)to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.
Example Sentences
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Hastily, he scraped a flat-edged scalpel along a tissue sample, hoping for maximum abrasion, and triturated the results.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
PREPARATION.—The insect is triturated with sugar of milk in the usual way.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Preparation.—The fresh milk from a bitch is triturated in the usual way.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Preparation.—The residue obtained by evaporation, from the waters of the mineral springs of Gastein, Germany, is triturated in the usual way.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Furthermore the shell, when finely triturated, has served by its potentialised lime to cure some forms of cancer.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
