add a letter to mined ad get a word meaning cut to small pieces
Pulverize.
Words that mean to break into many small pieces include disintegrate, catabolise, decompose, digest, pulverize, fracture.
crush mean to break into very small pieces (just trun any thing to powder like form)
Mosaic
It means very small. :)
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In this context, the word "minute" means very small or insignificant.
There is a Spanish word "poquito" which means very tiny/small.
To shatter means to break into small pieces suddenly and violently. It implies a forceful impact or explosion that causes something to fragment into multiple pieces.
That looks a bit like the word disintegrate which means to break down into small pieces or fall apart.
puny or tiny