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| 1. | [ noun ] a piece broken off of something else | |
| Examples: | "a fragment of rock" |
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| Related terms: | part bit paring scraping filing spall spark cinder ember restriction_fragment brickbat clast break_up | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a broken piece of a brittle artifact | |
| Synonyms: | shard sherd | |
| Related terms: | piece potsherd break_up | |
| 3. | [ noun ] an incomplete piece | |
| Examples: | "fragments of a play" |
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| Related terms: | piece bit break_up | |
| 4. | [ verb ] break or cause to break into pieces | |
| Synonyms: | fragmentize fragmentise break_up | |
| Examples: | "The plate fragmented" "I don't want to break up the group" |
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| Related terms: | break grate crush grind sunder splinter pound brecciate atomize crumb rag atomization shard fragmentation fragmentation | |
| Similar spelling: |
fragmented fragmental fragmentize fragmentise fragmentary frequent Frigon free_agent frozen frogman frequently frequenter Friesen freshen |
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