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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
triturate /ˈtrɪtjʊreɪt/

▶verb technical grind to a fine powder.

■ chew or grind (food) thoroughly.

– derivatives
trituration noun,
triturator noun.

– origin C18: from L. triturat- ‘(of corn) threshed’, from tritura ‘rubbing’ (from the verb terere).

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