comminuted
Definitions
Reduced to minute particles or fragments; pulverized.
Broken into multiple pieces, typically referring to a bone fracture.
Examples
The surgeon carefully repaired the comminuted fracture in the patient's femur using metal plates and screws.
The impact of the collision was so severe that the windshield was reduced to a mass of comminuted glass shards.
Synonyms
crushed pulverized shattered ground fragmented powdered broken